A few hours before the rehearsal of the new production of
Lakmé
by Léo Delibes at the Opéra Comique, the conductor of the Pygmalion ensemble and his wife opened their doors to us exclusively, to share their vision of the work which revealed Sabine Devieilhe on this same stage, in 2014. An awaited show which will see, in addition to the singer's first collaboration with Laurent Pelly on a new production, her only second participation in an opera directed by her husband, after
Idoménée
, this summer at the Festival d' Aix en Provence.
LE FIGARO.
- If, for you, Sabine,
Lakmé
is already an old friend, Delibes is a world apparently very far from the one that you, Raphaël, defend with Pygmalion.
What convinced you to join the adventure?
Raphael Pichon.
-
It's her.
Since I heard her sing this role in 2014 at the Opéra Comique, I have been bewitched by this score which I find without weakness.
It's powerful music, in a place that hardly resembles me.
Me, fanatic...
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