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)
La Fille mal gardée fills Paris’s Palais Garnier with an unparalleled sense of happiness
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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)\
CALLAS – PARIS, 1958 in cinemas soon should not be missed by opera lovers of whatever vintage
France CALLAS – PARIS, 1958: Maria Callas (soprano), featured soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges Sébastian (conductor). Filmed for ORTF by Roger Benamou on 19.12.1958 and released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 11 & 12.11.2023. (JPr)
Jerome Robbins evening at the Paris Opera Ballet: can it ever be better than this?
France Jerome Robbins: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 25.10.2023. (JO’D)
Serebrennikov’s new Paris Opera Lohengrin is utterly compelling theatre despite confusing moments
France Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Myriam Hoyer) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 24.10.2023 and available on medici.tv from 1.11.2023. (JPr)
