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.
Showing posts with label Quai Ouest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quai Ouest. Show all posts
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Received this morning : program book for Regis Campo's 'Quai Ouest'
This Saturday morning, I have received in the mail the program book published by Opéra national du Rhin (Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Colmar) for the world première of Régis Campo's opera Quai Ouest.
The opera was first performed in Strasbourg on September 27th. The book contains :
- the complete cast and dates of performances,
- the synopsis of the opera, in French, German and English,
- an interview with the composer Régis Campo,
- the orchestra setting,
- an interview with stage director Kristian Frédric and his assistant Florence Doublet,
- an article on Bernard-Marie Koltès and his play Quai Ouest,
- an article on the composer Régis Campo, with a discography,
- a bibliography,
- the complete libretto in French,
- biographies of the performers.
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
2014-2015 Season at Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg
During the 2014-2015 season, the Opéra national du Rhin will present the following operas in Strasbourg, Colmar and Mulhouse :
- Régis Campo : Quai Ouest, after Bernard-Marie Koltès, conducted by Marcus Bosch, directed by Kristian Frédric (world première, coproduction with the Staatstheater Nürnberg, where it will be performed in January, February and March 2015) ;
- Pietro Mascagni : L'Amico Fritz, conducted by Paolo Carignani, directed by Vincent Boussard (new production) ;
- Jacques Offenbach : La Vie parisienne, conducted by Claude Schnitzler, directed by Waut Koeken (new production) ;
- Ottorino Respighi : La Bella dormente al bosco, children opera, conducted by Vincent Monteil, directed by Valentina Carrasco (new production in French, opera performed for the last time in Bologna, in February 2005) ;
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : La Clemenza di Tito, conducted by Andreas Spering, directed by Katharina Thoma (new production) ;
- Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Axel Kober, directed by Antony McDonald (new production) ;
- Domenico Cimarosa : Il Matrimonio segreto, conducted by Patrick Davin, directed by Christophe Gayrat (new production) ;
- Paul Dukas : Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, conducted by Daniele Callegari, directed by Olivier Py (new production) ;
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Pique Dame, conducted by Marko Letonja, directed by Robert Carsen (coproduced with Opera Zurich where it was performed for the first time in April 2014) ;
9 operas in 4 languages, including 1 world première and 1 opera composed in the last 100 years. This is probably one of the most interesting season so far.
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