Delicately produced Idomeneo in Paris: Bravi tutti!

Idomeneo, Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, June 15 2011

Stéphane Braunschweig ..... director
Jérémie Rhorer ..... conductor


Sophie Karthäuser ..... Ilia
Richard Croft ..... Idomeneo
Kate Lindsey ..... Idamante
Alexandra Coku ..... Elettra
Paolo Fanale ..... Arbace
Nigel Robson ..... High priest
Nahuel Di Pierro ..... The voice of Neptune


Le Cercle de l'Harmonie
Choeur Les Eléments direction Joël Suhubiette

Delicately produced Pelléas and Mélisande

Pelléas et Mélisande, Opéra Comique in Paris, June 14 2010

Conductor  Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Directior  Stéphane Braunschweig

Pelléas Phillip Addis
Mélisande  Karen Vourc'h
Golaud  Marc Barrard
Arkel  Markus Hollop
Geneviève  Nathalie Stutzmann
Yniold  Dima Bawab
Un médecin  Luc Bertin-Hugault

Accentus

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Aimez vous Debussy? Towards new Pelléas at Opéra Comique in Paris

Opéra Comique in Paris is preparing to unveil their last new production this season: Pelléas et Mélisande, produced by Stéphane Braunschweig.  The premiere is scheduled for next Monday - June 14.

While his recent Ring in Aix was swinging from OK-ish [Die Walküre] to downright bad [Die Götterdämmerung], and his Don Carlo --remember the opening of the 2009 Season at La Scala?!-- turned into a global operatic failure [nevertheless released on DVD], I believe Brunschweig will be excellent in a more introspective work such as Debussy's Pelléas. In any case, this is one of the shows not to be missed this month in Paris.

A sneak peek at the Braunschweig's Pelléas et Mélisande -- Opéra Comique in Paris

Here is a short trailer...