Così or not Così

Così fan tutte, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, May 22 2012

Jérémie Rhorer..... Director

Eric Génovèse [Valérie Nègre] ..... Director 

Camilla Tilling ..... Fiordiligi 

Michèle Losier ..... Dorabella 

Claire Debono ..... Despina 

Bernard Richter ..... Ferrando 

Markus Werba ..... Guglielmo 

Pietro Spagnoli ..... Don Alfonso 

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Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Amadis de Gaule by J.C.Bach at Opéra Comique in Paris

Amadis de Gaule, Opéra Comique in Paris, January 2 2012

Conductor ..... Jérémie Rhorer
Director ..... Marcel Bozonnet


Amadis ..... Philippe Do
Oriane ..... Hélène Guilmette
Arcabonne ..... Allyson McHardy
Arcalaüs ..... Franco Pomponi
Urgande, 1st Coryphaeus ..... Julie Fuchs
La Discorde, 2nd Coryphaeus ..... Alix Le Saux
La Haine, L’Ombre d’Ardan Canil ..... Peter Martinčič*
Soprano solo ..... Ana Dežman*
Tenor solo ..... Martin Sušnik*
*soloistes of the Chorus of SNG Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Compagnie de danse Les Cavatines (Natalie van Parys)
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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


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Choeur Les Eléments direction Joël Suhubiette

L'Amant jaloux mais bête

It had to happen. Opéra Comique just screwed up their winning streak of excellent shows this year. Last night's premiere of L'Amant Jaloux [The Jealous Lover] is a poor tribute to André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, a.k.a. French Mozart.

Paris, March 15, 2010:  L'Amant Jaloux, an opera by André Grétry

Musical direction, Jérémie Rhorer
Stage direction, Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau

Léonore, Magali Léger
Isabelle, Daphné Touchais
Jacinte, Maryline Fallot
Florival, Frédéric Antoun
Don Alonze, Brad Cooper
Don Lopez, Vincent Billier

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