Marie-Nicole Lemieux, accompanied by the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of Adrien Perruchon, performs for the first time in Aix-en-Provence, with pleasure, warmth and complicity. The Québécois contralto appears on stage, between symphonic pieces high in color and intensity, within a festive program of an original coherence. The opera, its overtures and … Read more
Le Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour le chant choral 2022 est décerné à La Tempête, Compagnie vocale et instrumentale pour sa “démarche originale qui vise à renouveler la forme traditionnelle du concert, en mêlant au chant le travail du corps et la création scénique.” Le chef Simon-Pierre Bestion nous en présente l’histoire et les ambitions : … Read more
The Lille Opera opens its season with the Festival “Semele or the crossing of dreams”, which focuses on the musical drama Semele by Händel directed by Barrie Kosky. The opportunity to offer several concerts in resonance, including this “Hypnos” program with La Tempête: This Festival aims to bring together different proposals around a very specific … Read more
As part of a commented recital in the foyer, on a program bringing together Offenbach, Ravel and (among others) Tailleferre, Parisian schoolchildren discover the Opéra Comique from an astute angle with members of the Nouvelle Troupe Favart. As part of the hearth of thecomical operashared reflections, meditation session and opera (and variety) tunes are on … Read more
To close its second edition on the theme “Lux in tenebris – Angels and demons”, the Festival des Bernardins invites Clément Mao-Takacs’ Secession Orchestra to musically address this question of angels and the devil, of the real and the invisible, in complicity with actress Fanny Ardant and soprano Axelle Fanyo. Since the 13th century, the … Read more
The creation of the show “Friede auf Erden” (Peace on Earth, named after a choir composed by Schoenberg) brings together the Arnold Schoenberg Choir under the direction of Erwin Ortner and the artist Ulla von Brandenburg as part of the Weeks of Viennese Festivities (Wiener Festwochen), offering a synesthetic, dreamy and peaceful experience. This particular … Read more