Art of Interpretation and Expression

Last December 19, Emmanuele Haïm and her orchestra Le Concert d'Astrée celebrated 10 years of collaboration/activity, and for the occasion a Gala Concert took place at Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

Happily, for us who could not attend the concert, Arte concocted 1 hour of excerpts and broadcast it last week.

Christopher Purves (L) and Anne Sofie von Otter & Philippe Jarousky (R)

I will not comment on the concert that I didn't attend but I thought I could share a couple of excerpts that are good illustration of utmost importance of the interpretative skills in making the beautiful voices reaching the spectators' hearts.

Enjoy!

The Rake's Progress in Lille

The Rake's Progress, Opéra de Lille, October 16, 2011

Tom and Anne -- Alek Shrader and Christiane Karg

  David Lescot ..... Director

  Arie Van Beek ..... Conductor

Alek Shrader ..... Tom Rakewell

Christiane Karg ..... Anne Trulove

Alan Ewing ..... Trulove

Christopher Purves ..... Nick Shadow

Frances McCafferty ..... Mother Goose

Anne Mason ..... Baba-Turk

Alasdair Elliott ..... Sellem

Orchestre de Picardie

Choeur de l’Opéra de Lille (Yves Parmentier)