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Claude Debussy Louis Langrée Thibault Phillip Addis Laurent Alvaro Sylvie Brunet Dima Bertin Opéra Comique Palazzetto Bru Zane Centre Musique Romantique Française Chœur Accentus Orchestre Champs Élysées 2010 2014
Pelléas et Mélisande de Claude Debussy du 17 au 25 février 2014 En savoir plus : (http•••) Direction musicale, Louis Langrée Mise en scène et scénographie, Stéphane Braunschweig Costumes, Thibault Vancraenenbroeck Lumières, Marion Hewlett Dramaturge, Anne-Françoise Benhamou Maquillage, Karine Guillem Pelléas, Phillip Addis Mélisande, Karen Vourc'h Golaud, Laurent Alvaro Arkel, Jérôme Varnier Geneviève, Sylvie Brunet Yniold, Dima Bawab Un médecin, Luc Bertin-Hugault Chœur, accentus Orchestre, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées Production, Opéra Comique Partenaire associé, Palazzetto Bru Zane / Centre de musique romantique française Reprise de la production donnée en juin 2010 à l'Opéra Comique
Gaetano Donizetti Brigitte Hahn Hahn Ivanov
Just as a point of interest I decided to post the conclusion of a Quartet from Donizetti's earlier work (by five years) "Gli esiliati in Siberia" (also known as "Elisabetta" and "Otto mesi in due ore"). The story is a bit complicated to really delve into fully. To put things simply: the heroine and a bass (out of the three buffo roles the opera has) are pitted against the Tatars (represented by their leaders Alterkan and Orzak, hence, a quartet; the opera, incidentally, is set in Russia). Happily, the present allegro actually starts just as the Tatars have decided to spare both heros (in the light of the heroine's great spirit). It's pretty obvious that the allegro was reused in "L'elisir", though I would point out that the voices are distributed differently: the tenor's line and the chorus' bigger presence being the most obvious features. Brigitte Hahn and Valery Ivanov are pitted against Jerome Varnier and an unnamed chorister. Enjoy :)!
Giacomo Meyerbeer Marc Minkowski Deschamps Touraine Bris Verdi Berlioz Wagner Marlis Petersen Petersen Mireille Delunsch Lezhneva Eric Cutler Jean François Lapointe Frédéric Caton Rosé Tineke Van Ingelgem Archer Beretta Visser 1553 1572 1615 1791 1836 1864 2011
LES HUGUENOTS Opéra en 5 actes Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) Libretto: Eugène Scribe & Émile Deschamps First performance : Paris Opera, 29 February 1836 The 2011 Brussels recording uses the Ricordi critical edition, with up to 15 minutes of new music; for instance, the Act II Marguerite / Raoul duet and Act III finales are extended, and Marcel's choral after the couvre-feu is new. SETTING: Touraine and Paris, August 1572 PLOT: Act I: Raoul de Nangis, a young Huguenot, has fallen in love with an unknown beauty whom he rescued. At the Comte de Nevers’ château, he sees the woman visit Nevers in secret. She is really Valentine, sent by Marguerite de Valois (1553–1615), sister of Charles IX and daughter of Catherine de Médicis, to break off her engagement to Nevers. Act II: To reconcile the warring religious factions, Marguerite wants Raoul to marry Valentine, the daughter of his enemy, the Comte de Saint-Bris, just as she will marry the Protestant monarch Henri de Navarre. However, Raoul refuses to marry Valentine, whom he believes is Nevers’s mistress. Act III: Back in Paris, Nevers marries Valentine. (Saint-Bris has tried to murder Admiral Coligny, the leader of the Huguenot party.) To avenge the insult to his house, Saint-Bris plans to murder Raoul in a duel, but Marcel, warned by Valentine, saves him. Raoul learns the real reason for Valentine’s visit to Nevers, and that he wronged her. Act IV: He visits Nevers’ Parisian town-house in secret, where he overhears the Catholics plot to murder the Huguenots – a plot conceived by Catherine de Médicis herself. After they have left, Valentine tries to restrain Raoul; she tells him that she loves him. They sing a passionate love duet, but the noise of the tocsin outside brings him to his senses, and he leaves to fight with his co-religionists. The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s day has begun. Act V: In the streets of Paris, Valentine tells Raoul that if he converts to Catholicism, his life will be saved; Raoul refuses. Valentine renounces her faith, and accepts Raoul’s; Marcel marries them. The Catholics shoot the three; Saint-Bris learns that he has murdered his own daughter. The murderers sing that God demands blood, as the powerless Marguerite passes over the stage. Beginning on 23–24 August 1572, between 5,000 and 30,000 were killed across France over the next few weeks. “Les Huguenots” was the most popular opera of the 19th century. Verdi called Acts II and IV ‘true theatre … stupendo’, while Berlioz thought the ‘superb’ opera contained ‘enough musical riches for twenty operas’. Even the young Wagner was impressed: ‘Meyerbeer wrote world history, the history of heart and feeling; he burst the bounds of national prejudice in writing deeds of music.’ Marguerite de Valois, reine de Navarre (soprano): Marlis Petersen Valentine, fille du comte de Saint-Bris (soprano): Mireille Delunsch Urbain, page de la Reine (soprano): Yulia Lezhneva Raoul de Nangis, gentilhomme protestant (tenor): Eric Cutler Marcel, soldat huguenot, serviteur de Raoul (basse profonde): Jérôme Varnier Gentilhommes catholiques: Le Comte de Nevers (basse chantante): Jean-François Lapointe Le Comte de Saint-Bris (id.): Philippe Rouillon De Retz (id.): Arnaud Rouillon De Méru (id.): Frédéric Caton Maurevert (id.): Ronan Collett De Tavannes (tenor): Avi Klemberg De Cossé (id.): Xavier Rouillon De Thoré (id.) : Marc Labonnette Bois-Rosé, soldat huguenot (id.): Olivier Dumait Dame d’honneur (soprano): Camille Merckx Deux bohémiennes: Camille Merckx & Tineke Van Ingelgem Un valet: Marc Coulon Un archer du guet: Jacques Does Etudiant catholique: Alain-Pierre Wingelinckx Moine: Olivier Dumait, Ronan Collett, Charles Dekeyser Jeunes filles catholiques: Marta Beretta, Françoise Renson, Adrienne Visser, Birgitte Bønding Conductor: Marc Minkowski Orchestre symphonique et choeurs de la Monnaie Brussels, 2011