Onegin in Paris: Incredible Mr.Petrenko!

Eugene Onegin, Opéra Bastille, September 17 2010

Vasily Petrenko ..... Conductor
Willy Decker ..... Stage director

Nadine Denize ..... Larina
Olga Guryakova ..... Tatyana
Alisa Kolosova ..... Olga
Nona Javakhidze ..... Filippyevna
Ludovic Tézier ..... Eugene Onegin
Joseph Kaiser ..... Lensky
Gleb Nikolsky ..... Prince Gremin 
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt ..... Triquet
Ugo Rabec ..... Zaretsky

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Secco, Radvanovsky, D'Intino and Tézier for a knockout singing in Don Carlo

Opéra National de Paris (Bastille), Wed February 17, 2010

Graham Vick Stage director

Carlo Rizzi Conductor

Giacomo Prestia King Philipp II.

Stefano Secco Don Carlo

Ludovic Tézier Rodrigo, marchese di Posa

Victor Von Halem Il Grande Inquisitore

Balint Szabo Un Frate

Sondra Radvanovsky Elisabetta di Valois

Luciana D’Intino La Principessa Eboli

Jason Bridges Il Conte di Lerma

Memorable night with smashing Werther and Charlotte

This was "one of those nights". If you can go and see it live at the Paris Opera, don't think twice - GO!

Super gutsy performance from Jonas Kaufmann: he was coughing between his arias but he sang every single note, and boy did he sing majestically! Sophie Koch was the best Charlotte I've ever seen. Magnificent Ludovic Tézier and Anne-Catherine Gillet  complete the superb cast.