France William Forsythe/Johan Inger: Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, 4.10.2024. (JO’D)
Programmed with Inger’s frenetic Impasse, it is Forsythe’s Blake Works 1 which has the Paris audience sighing
Paris
Fabulous start to Insula’s season with Chopin and Robert Schumann from Debargue and Equilbey in Paris
France Chopin, R. Schumann: Lucas Debargue (piano), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale, Paris, 24.9.2024. (CC)
In Paris: Nureyev’s Don Quixote is a true celebration of dance without the slightest false step
France Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 2.4.2024. (JPr)
La Fille mal gardée fills Paris’s Palais Garnier with an unparalleled sense of happiness
France La Fille mal gardée: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Philip Ellis (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris. 15.3.2024. (JO’D)
Beatrice di Tenda re-enters the repertoire with an incisive production at Paris’s Opéra Bastille
France Bellini, Beatrice di Tenda: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 28.2.2024. (KS)
Insula continue to champion Romantic female composers with Emilie Mayer’s first symphony
France Schubert, Mayer: Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, 27.2.2024. (CC)
Benjamin Bernheim triumphs as Hoffmann at the Paris Opera
France Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Eun Sun Kim. Opéra national de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Paris, 15.12.2023. (RP)
Robert Wilson’s static Paris Turandot focuses the mind on Puccini’s score and some excellent singing
France Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chorus, Children’s Choir and Orchestra of Paris Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.11.2023. (JPr)\
