volcanohunter Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Arte will be streaming Stravinsky's Le Rossignol, Renard and Petites Pieces from Aix-en-Provence on Wednesday, July 7, at 19:55 local time (1:55 p.m. ET). The Nightingale: Olga Peretyatko The Cook: Elena Semenova Death: Svetlana Shilova The Fisherman: Edgaras Montvidas The Emperor of China: Ilya Bannik Chamberlain: Nabil Suliman The Bonze: Yuri Vorobiev Renard cast: Marat Gali, Edgaras Montvidas, Nabil Suliman, Ilya Bannik Trois pièces pour clarinette seule: Jean-Michel Bertelli Pribaoutki: Svetlana Shilova Berceuses du chat: Svetlana Shilova Deux poèmes de Constantin Balmont: Elena Semenova The staging is by Robert Lepage, and the conductor is Kazushi Ono. http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Le_Rossignol_et_autres_fables_au_Festival_d_Aix-en-Provence Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 A TV report about the production http://culturebox.france3.fr/#/opera/25153/le-rossignol-seduit-au-festival-d_aix-en-provence Link to comment
Jack Reed Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Having just seen -- and heard, and enjoyed -- the transmission, I thank you, volcanohunter! Though the scale of the resources lavished on this production itself could distract sometimes. Ah, what the advanced countries can do! *sigh* (Nice of them to share it with us, though.) Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Oh, gosh, it was very beautiful indeed. I believe this production was first presented by the Canadian Opera Company last autumn, and the opera house in Toronto is a good deal larger than the one used in Aix. I actually wondered how well those marionettes worked in a theatre. The production almost seems made for television, the closeups allowing the viewer to delight in every detail. I'm really dying to know: how does one flood an orchestra pit? And how can the singers be persuaded to sing in the water? Link to comment
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