TNT, 26/03/2016

Ionesco : La cantatrice chauve

Théâtre National de Toulouse
Directed by Laurent Pelly

Royal Opera (HD broadcast), 21/03/2016

Mussorgsky : Boris Godunov

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Sir Antonio Pappano

Capitole de Toulouse, 18/03/2016

Deletes : Coppélia

Ballet du Capitole
Orchestre national du Capitole
Nathan Fifield

Sod's Law strikes again!

The plan for tonight was to see the broadcast from the Paris Opera of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and The Nutcracker, a pairing that hasn't been seen since they were originally created together.  I was looking forward to it too; Dmitri Tcherniakov is the director of both pieces, and he rarely leaves you indifferent - outraged, quite possibly, but certainly not bored.  Also, one of the choreographers involved in Tcherniakov's revised Nutcracker is the Belgian Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, whose work I've discovered only quite recently.  What I've seen of it has impressed me, and I'm keen to see more.

However, the best laid plans etc. etc.  Arriving at the only cinema scheduling this broadcast for about 100 miles around, I was regretfully informed that the venue had (to all intents and purposes) blown a fuse, and was closed for the night.  Nothing for it but to drive back home and sulk.  I gather that the film will shortly become available to view on France TV's Culturebox, which I believe is available outside the territory, and when I can find 4 hours to spare, I will be looking for it, but it's not quite the same thing....

[Next : 18th March]

Capitole de Toulouse, 08/03/2016

Honegger : Le roi David

Laurent Collombert,  speaker
Magali Léger, soprano
Marie Virot, mezzo-soprano
Alfredo Poesina, tenor

Choeur et Maîtrise du Capitole
Members of the Orchestre du Capitole
Alfonso Caiani