In Strasbourg and Paris
Nothing is easier than enthusiastic praise or a soaring comedown.
The in-between is more delicate.
These days, two lyrical discoveries leave us with mixed feelings.
At the Opéra Comique, Raphaël Pichon continues to invent imaginary operas.
After Bach and Purcell, here is Schubert with
L'Autre Voyage
, a clever weaving of extracts from operas, oratorios and orchestrated lieder which follow a metaphysical and human journey, with death as the horizon.
An omnipresent death for Schubert, in whom pain and consolation are never really in opposition.
The musical score is of rare intelligence and sensitivity, the Pygmalion orchestra plays divinely and the voices embrace us: the child Chadi Lazreq, so musical, the soprano Siobhan Stagg and the tenor Laurence Kilsby, all with finesse, and the grandiose Stéphane Degout, in majesty, simply overwhelming.
Sound opulence
Did this sound journey really call for the stage?
Let there be room for doubt, as long as...
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