This blog is mainly about contemporary opera (operas composed after 1970), but also about classical music. Ce blog est consacré principalement à l'actualité de l'opéra contemporain depuis 1970, mais aussi à la musique / musicologie en général, de manière plus anecdotique.
Tuesday 15 April 2014
Today : World première of Philippe Hurel's opera in Toulouse
The first opera of French composer Philippe Hurel, Les Pigeons d'argile, will receive its world premiere performance today in Toulouse. The libretist Tanguy Viel has been inspired by the abduction of American Patricia Campbell Hearst, known as Patty Hearst by an urban guerrilla group in 1975. Victim of the Stockholm Syndrom, she will join her kidnappers.
The cast is the following :
Gaëlle Arquez : Charlie
Aimery Lefèvre : Toni
Vincent Le Texier : Bernard Baer
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo : La Chef de la Police
Gilles Ragon : Pietro
Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor : Tito Ceccherini
director : Mariame Clément
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