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Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse shines in Verdi’s Requiem at the Philharmonie de Paris

04/06/202204/06/2022 by Laurence Vittes

France Verdi, Requiem: Susanne Bernhard (soprano), Aude Extrémo (mezzo-soprano), Airam Hernández (tenor), Adam Palka (bass). Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse / Jukka Pekka Saraste (conductor). Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie de Paris, 6.1.2022. (LV)

The Orchestra of Toulouse in Verdi‘s Requiem © Dan Krajcman

Superb Parisian premiere of György Kurtág’s masterly first opera, Fin de partie

08/09/202204/05/2022 by Mark Berry

France Kurtág, Fin de partie: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Markus Stenz (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 30.4.2022. (MB)

*Fin de Partie*: Clov (l, Leigh Melrose) © Sebastien Mathé/ONP

A musically intense and dramatic performance of Wozzeck in Paris

18/06/202217/03/2022 by Mark Berry

France Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Maîtrise des-Hauts-de Seine/Children’s Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Gaël Darchen), Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.3.2022. (MB)

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Marie) (c) Agathe Pouteney/OnP

A clear message of hope and humanity from Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra

18/06/202217/03/2022 by Colin Clarke

France Mendelssohn, Schumann: Carolin Widmann (violin), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, 14.3.2022 (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts Carolin Widmann (violin) and Insula Orchestra © Julien Benhamou

Don Giovanni at Opéra Bastille, though well sung, is a mixed experience

18/06/202215/03/2022 by Mark Berry

France Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wiu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 11.3.2022. (MB)

Christian van Horn (Don Giovanni) and Krzysztof Baczyk (Leporello) (c) Vincent Pontet

Michael Spyres’s Florestan is the breakout performance in Cyril Teste’s new Fidelio for Paris’s Opéra Comique

04/12/202105/10/2021 by Jim Pritchard

France Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Ensemble Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Performed by Opéra Comique on 1.10.2020 at the Salle Favart, Paris, and livestreamed (directed by François Roussillon) on ARTE Concert (available until 30.9.2022). (JPr)

Linard Vrielink (Jaquino), Mari Eriksmoen (Marzelline) and Siobhan Stagg (Leonore/Fidelio) (c) Stefan Brion

Beethoven of the very top rank from Sunwook Kim and Laurence Equilbey’s Insula Orchestra

04/12/202102/10/2021 by Colin Clarke

France Beethoven: Sunwook Kim (piano), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, France, 29.9.2021 (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts Sunwook Kim (piano) and the Insula orchestra © Julien Benhamou

Paris Opera’s ‘Dudamel era’ begins and time will tell how his relationship with the ‘City of Love’ will develop

04/12/202123/09/2021 by Jim Pritchard

France Gustavo Dudamel’s Concert Inaugural: Soloists, Chorus (chorusmaster: Ching-Lien Wu) and Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine (Children’s Choir of the Opéra national de Paris, director: Gaël Darchen), Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Filmed (directed by François-René Martin) at the Palais Garnier, Paris, 22.9.2021. (JPr)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Clémentine Margaine (mezzo-soprano) and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris

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