Light up my Rameau
For those who complain (not entirely unfairly) that Handel operas are “just a string of da capo arias,” I sometimes mutter to myself, “Have they ever tried Rameau?”
Sandrine Piau
29 pieces since 2011 — in 9 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.
29
pieces
9
roles
5
companies
16
years
By role
Role Argie
Role Cleopatra
Judith in disguise
No one who followed Trove Thursday will be surprised that Diva November on Chris’s Cache today features Ann Hallenberg and Sandrine Piau.
Role Dalinda
Can’t get you out of my head
Today the good guy finally gets his chance with San Giovanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella featuring Christophe Dumaux as John the Baptist.
Role Despina
That’s how they did it
Idomeneo proved enormously moving while a much more complicated Così fan Tutte went for shallow romantic hijinks stripping that work of its darkly ambiguous disturbing view of love.
Role Gabriel/Eve
Telling the glory of God
“The heavens are telling” begins the famous chorus that ends the first section of The Creation.
Role Ismene
Mithridates is dead
Trove Thursday marks Mozart’s 264th birthday on Sunday with the 14-year-old’s remarkable opera seria Mitridate, Re di Ponto .
Role Tusnelda
Roman holiday
A brace of Handel operas at the George Enescu International Festival.
Role Tytania
To each word a warbling note
“What fools these mortals be!”
Role Venere
Bembo eruption
Supported by an ingenious production and strong performances, Antonia Bembo’s Ercole Amante makes a successful Paris Opera debut.