Opéra Burlesque: Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Opéra Comique - Paris, January 9 2011

Musical direction ..... Ludovic Morlot

Stage direction ..... Macha Makeïeff

Thérèse /La Cartomancienne ..... Hélène Guilmette

Le Mari ..... Ivan Ludlow

Le Directeur de théâtre/Le Gendarme ..... Werner Van Mechelen

Presto ..... Christophe Gay

Lacouf ..... Loïc Felix

Le Journaliste parisien ..... Thomas Morris

Le Fils ..... Marc Molomot

Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon

We will barock you (2): The premiere of La Calisto at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

La Calisto,  Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (TCE), May 5, 2010

Christophe Rousset, conductor
Macha Makeïeff, director

Sophie Karthäuser, Calisto
Lawrence Zazzo, Endimione
Giovanni Battista Parodi, Giove
Véronique Gens, Giunone, Il Destino
Marie-Claude Chappuis, L'Eternità, Diana
Milena Storti, Linfea
Cyril Auvity, La Natura, Pane
Mario Cassi, Mercurio
Sabina Puértolas, Satirino
Graeme Broadbent, Sylvano

Les Talens Lyriques

Rolando Villazon to direct Werther in Lyon

Opéra de Lyon is a very good house and their program regularly contains some extremely interesting works.

One of this season's highlights was the new opera by Kaija Saariaho Émilie du Châtelet,  premiered last week (cf. this entry). I also saw and very much liked Moscow Cheryomushki.

They are still to announce the program for their 2010-2011 season, but a few important infos already leaked in the local press (see also here)...

Opéra National de Lyon

Franz Lehar Lost in Translation

"La Veuve Joyeuse"  (The Merry Widow, Die Lustige Witwe): this production, filmed in Opera de Lyon  2007, was released in France on DVD only a few months ago, and is nowadays being shown on  cable TV [ Mezzo]. Not very wise or businesslike if you ask me, but hey, I ain't gonna buy this DVD, so that's good with me ;)

After having watched it on TV,  I don't understand why the show was released on DVD at all.