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2019-02-01 20:41:00
Les Troyens, Opéra national de Paris, 28 January 2019
Opéra Bastille Énée (Brandon Jovanovich)Images: Vincent Pontet / Opéra national de Paris Cassandre – Stéphanie d’Oustrac Ascagne – Michèle Losier Hécube – Véronique Gens Énée – Brandon Jovanovich Chorèbe – Stéphane Degout Panthée – Christian Helmer Hector’s Ghost – Thomas Dear Priam – Paata Burchuladze Greek Captain – Jean-Luc Ballestra Soldier – Jean-François Marras Polyxène – Sophie Clasisse Didon – Ekaterina Semenchuk Anna – Aude Extrémo Iopas – Cyrille Dubois Hylas – Bror Magnus Tødenes Narbal – Christian von Horn Mercure, Priest of Pluto – Bernard Arrieta Créuse – Natasha Mashkevich Andromaque – Mathilde Kopytto Astyanax – Emile Gouasdoué Polyxène – Francesca Lo Bue Dmitri Tcherniakov (director, set designs) Elena Zaytseva (costumes) Gleb Filshtinsky (lighting) Tieni Burkhalter (video) Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: José Luis Basso) Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris Philippe Jordan (conductor) […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-03-04 20:05:03
BSO: Franco-Iberian Impressionism
[…] seems unlikely.) We know, too, that Ravel, whose father was an automotive engineer, had a lifelong fondness for mechanical toys and devices, hence the opera’s setting in a clock shop, with music boxes and automata and clocks ticking at different rates (M. M. 40, 100, and 232 in the score) constituted a fine stimulus to his imagination. In last night’s semi-staged performance, one could not have asked for better voices or better vocal acting. Jean-Luc Ballestra, baritone, characterized a strong but unperturbed muleteer, Ramiro; François Piolino’s clear and resonant tenor intoned the clockmaker, Torquemada; soprano Daniela Mack as Concepción, sang with a wider vibrato than I like but this became more restrained as she hit her stride, and her projection and articulation were quite perfect; singing with Italianate brilliance, tenor Benjamin Hulett made a fine turn as the self-absorbed poet Gonzalve; David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone, perfectly conveyed the lyric pomposity of […]
2015-06-05 11:30:11
* Notes * Charles Dutoit (pictured left) conducted San Francisco Symphony in its first performance of Ravel's L'Heure espagnole last night. The orchestra sounded elegant and the cast had a wonderful sense of comic timing in this concert version of the piece. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (Concepcion) has a vivid, smoky voice. She was able to convey hysteria in the edges of her voice that is suited to the role. Baritone Jean-Luc Ballestra sounded healthy and strong as Ramiro. One got the sense he enjoyed singing with the other principals and with the orchestra. Tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt was a bright-toned Torquemada, while tenor John Mark Ainsley's Gonzalve was light and funny. Likewise, baritone David Wilson-Johnson was a diverting, pompous Don Iñigo Gomez. The dry wit of this opera came through. The first half of the program began with Ravel's Alborado del gracioso . The short piece sparkled and shimmered. The […]
2015-06-01 11:50:22
Charles Dutoit is conducting San Francisco Symphony in a concert version of Ravel's L'Heure espagnole from June 4 to 6, 2015 . The cast includes mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (pictured left, photograph by Becca Fay) as Concepción, tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as Torquemada, tenor John Mark Ainsley as Gonzalve, baritone Jean-Luc Ballestra as Ramiro, and baritone David Wilson-Johnson as Don Iñigo Gomez. The program also features Ravel's Alborado del gracioso and Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain . San Francisco Symphony
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