I really enjoy visiting empty opera houses. Short break in the Royal Theatre of la Monnaie built in 1700, where I discovered the Gluck’s opera, Iphigénie en Tauride. Definitely have a look at this lovely theatre!
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J’aime me promener dans les théâtres vides. Petit break en images dans le Théatre Royal de la Monnaie dont la construction remonte au VXIIIième siècle et où j’ai découvert l’opéra de Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride. Allez visiter ce très joli théâtre.
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La Monnaie under snow : uplifting and dream-like! I was invited and I’ve discovered the Opera House and Iphigénie en Tauride, the opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck. With a children’s excitement, I sit and wait and decipher any details helping me to figure out the opera. I chat, quick apprehension about the lengh, I am curious excited but not especially an opera lover. Slowly the hall turns dark and it starts (picture below). Since the beginning, I’ve felt being caught up in the music, lyrics, voices power and frames. A part of the audience cheers the tiers on stage with chorus. Fantastic chorus, really impressive! The minimalist stage of Pierre Audi brings fluidity to the rigid play of the classic Greek tragedy (which is for me quite unbearable). Only one – historical – “detail” really bothered me: the pronunciation of before the French Revolution “r“. Thankfully we don’t use it today, this old “r” hurts my listening. This opera is in French, Gluck has worked “to change the form and the expression” of the French Opera (Christophe Rousset, musical director). Thanks to all artists and H san, for this beautiful discovery!
In the centre of the picture, Iphigénie, the priestess of Diane : soprano, Nadja Michael / On the left, Oreste, her brother, the king of Argos and Mycènes : baritone, Stéphane Degout / On the right, Pylade, the friend of Oreste, the king of Phocis : tenor, Topi Lehtipuu / On the left border, Thoas, the king of Tauride : bass, Werner Van Mechelen / On the right border, Diane : soprano, Violet Serena Noorduyn.
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.
Iphigénie en Tauride, of Christoph Willibald Gluck. Creation Académie royale de musique, Paris, 5/18/1779
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