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2023-09-04 09:39:00
Prom 64: An evening of compelling drama and wonderful music making, Dinis Sousa conducts Berlioz' Les Troyens at the BBC Proms
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act 2 - Alice Coote, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Dinis Sousa - BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise)Berlioz: Les Troyens; Alice Coote, Michael Spyres, Paula Murrihy, Lionel Lhote, Adèle Charvet, Alex Rosen, Ashley Riches, Beth Taylor, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Dinis Sousa; BBC Proms at the Royal Albert HallFrom Alice Coote's mesmerising entry as Cassandre to Paula Murrihy's moving final notes as Didon, this was an evening of compelling drama and wonderful music making, all brilliantly presided over by Dinis SousaThis was a much anticipated performance that threatened to be overwhelmed by the non-musical events surrounding it. But in the event, Berlioz proved once again that he is impossible to upstage, and from the opening notes of the opera, it was clear that this was to be a thrilling and mesmerising event. There were, in fact, two major changes to the performers; on Sunday 3 September […]
2021-12-13 06:00:06
[…] a single date in Barcelona this week, which presumably counts as a European tour post-Brexit. L’Enfance du Christ is full of Berlioz’s characteristic mood swings and grand, colourful gestures: it’s an oratorio that sounds as though it desperately wants to be an opera, perfect for the characterful period winds and brass of Gardiner’s orchestra and for the top-flight cast of soloists he had assembled here. Michael Spyres’s glowing Narrator, Ann Hallenberg’s beatific Mary and Lionel Lhote’s desperate yet noble Joseph – it would have been good to hear more of all three, but Berlioz doesn’t put the spotlight squarely on any one soloist. The smaller roles were taken by singers from the choir; Alexander Ashworth made especially vivid work of the Ishmaelite who takes the family in.
2021-12-12 13:55:08
St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonJohn Eliot Gardiner assembles top-flight soloists as his Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique take on Berlioz A stone’s throw from the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the National Gallery, you can see what the old Flemish painters made of the story of the holy family’s flight into Egypt. Here, with John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique giving their first concert in their new home venue, you could hear Berlioz’s take on it. L’Enfance du Christ is full of Berlioz’s characteristic moodswings and grand, colourful gestures: it’s an oratorio that sounds as though it desperately wants to be an opera, perfect for the characterful period winds and brass of Gardiner’s orchestra and for the top-flight cast of soloists he had assembled here. Michael Spyres’s glowing Narrator, Ann Hallenberg’s beatific Mary and Lionel Lhote’s desperate yet noble Joseph – it would have been good […]
2020-05-10 09:46:41
A Life On-Line: Prince Igor, Ermione, Don Carlos and a choir of cats, sheep and cows
[…] Wallonie created in 1967 based on the former opera company of the Théâtre royal de Liège and that of Verviers) and the production was part of the celebrations. A grand affair, using Verdi's 1867 original version in French with the prelude and opening scene restored, but without the ballet. This featured a strong cast, with Gregory Kunde as Don Carlos, Yolanda Auyanet as Elisabeth, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo as Philippe, Kate Aldrich as Eboli, Lionel Lhote as Rodrigue (the only major role sung by a Francophone singer) and Roberto Scandiuzzi as Le Grand inquisiteur, conducted by Paolo Arrivabeni. Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera's production was very tradition, with Fernand Ruiz's rich costumes emulating the images from paintings of the era, and Gary McCann's imaginative realistic sets. The result had, perhaps, a little stiffness to it, inevitable given the social mores of the era being evoked and the heaviness of the costuming. […]
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