Some shows have a symbolic significance that goes beyond their mere aesthetic success.
In November 2020, Bertrand Rossi should have inaugurated his mandate as director of the Opéra de Nice with a production of
Akhnaten
, the opera by Philip Glass, in a staging by the immense choreographer Lucinda Childs, an old accomplice of the composer of
Einstein on the Beach
.
The re-containment had prevented this show from meeting its audience, even if a streaming capture, behind closed doors, had been saved, Lucinda Childs overseeing the rehearsals remotely from New York, on screen.
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- which has made a triumph to a show of which the least we can say is that it sends strong messages, and that we would like to understand as a declaration of intent for the new director.
First message: a wind of modernity is about to blow on a house reputed to be more attached to Verdi and Gounod than to contemporary music.
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