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Berlioz’s ‘La damnation de Faust’ at the Philharmonie de Paris turned out to be a flaming affair unlike its first Parisian performance in December 1846 that turned out to be a bit of a damp squib
Berlioz by August Prinzhofer, 1845, the year beforethe premiere of La damnation de Faust Berlioz La damnation de Faust; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Renaud Delaigue, Karine Deshayes, Paul Groves, Orchestre de Paris, Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris, dir: Lionel Sow, Chœur d’enfants de l’Orchestre de Paris, cond. Tugan Sokhiev; Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie de Paris Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 15 January 2020 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) The subject of Faust is often referred to as one of the two quintessential myths of western culture, the other being Don Giovanni. The tragic story of this doomed character became an obsession for many of the greatest composers of the 19th century and Berlioz is up there with the bestI’m in league with the devil, it seems! Old Beelzebub has stalked me a few times over the past year. I travelled to Nice for a well-staged production of […]
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2014-12-29 17:52:25
More trouble in Paris: Chorus expects to be paid
Members of the chorus of the Orchestre de Paris, which is moving into a 380 million-Euro new hall next month, have discovered a painful anomaly. The conductor gets paid, the musicians likewise, so too the head of the chorus. However, not a cent goes to the 220 singers. Can that be right? Here’s their open letter: À l’attention : de la Présidence de la Philharmonie de Paris, de la Mairie de Paris, du Ministère de la Culture, du Ministère du Travail, de l’Inspection du travail Amis chanteurs, lyriques ou non, professionnels ou pas, Amis instrumentistes, comédiens ou danseurs, Cher public,À la Philharmonie de Paris, dans quasiment tous les spectacles, le chef d’orchestre sera rémunéré, le chef de chœur sera rémunéré, les chanteurs solistes seront rémunérés, les techniciens seront rémunérés, la dame de l’accueil sera rémunérée, la femme de ménage sera rémunérée, les […]
2014-11-23 17:55:21
All mysteries
“And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith… I am nothing.” Angela Denoke—the German soprano famous for her portrayals of oddball characters like Emilia Marty, Kundry, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk—is an instinctive performer who legitimately deserves the “singer-actress’ epithet. Thursday’s recital at Opera Bastille’s Amphitheatre—which centred around Brahms’ Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs), the fourth of which contains the above quotation from Corinthians—demonstrated that Ms. Denoke is capable of maintaining dramatic presence and commitment beyond the opera stage and into the more intimate world of Lieder. ici This was a highly ambitious program—especially for a mild Fall evening in gay Paree—and not just because the Brahms pieces are usually performed by a bass. The other selections were less intense but equally reflective. They included three songs […]
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