Philip Langridge

The embittered widow, Kostelnicka, drowns her infant grandson to save her beloved stepdaughter Jenufa from the shame and hardship of raising an illegitimate child.

Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.

Cette magnifique production du chef-d’œuvre de Moussorgski, créée en 1994 et saisie ici au Festival de Pâques de Salzbourg en avril 1998, réunit un plateau d’exception. La mise en scène est signée Herbert Wernicke qui propose une lecture vive, réaliste et surtout sociale de Boris Godunov, restituant à l’œuvre sa dimension historique et psychologique, entre l’épopée du peuple russe et le drame shakespearien. Claudio Abbado dirige l’Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin et un chœur de plus de trois cents chanteurs, dans la version de 1872-1874, révisée par le musicologue David Lloyd-Johns en 1975 et qui renoue avec l’orchestration de Moussorgski. Dans le rôle titre du Tsar Boris, Anatoli Kotscherga se voit bientôt défié par Vladimir Galouzine (Dimitri), prétendant enflammé par Alexander Morosov (Pimene) et soutenue par Marjana Lipovšek (Marina).

Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings together the key scenes of Sophocles’s tragedy translated by the Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin—a language that, according the composer, “is not dead but engraved in stone, and so imposing that it is immune to any popularization”.

1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.

New peoduction, 2009. Filmed by the Royal Opera House in co-production with Opus Arte, June 13/17.

Live from Glyndebourne 1983

This staging of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur features John Tomlinson, Johann Reuter, Christine Rice, and Andrew Watts in the main roles. Stephen Langridge directed the production for the stage, and Antonio Pappano conducted the orchestra.

Mozart's La Clemenza Di Tito was originally commissioned to celebrate the coronation of the Emperor Leopold II as King of Bohemia in 1791. This rarely-seen masterpiece was Mozart's last opera. Nicholas Hytner's elegant staging for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera sheds new light on the compelling story of passion that overrides loyalty and integrity that is tested to the extreme.

Cette version délicieusement sombre du conte de fées bien-aimé des frères Grimm, qui s'adresse à un public de tous âges, faisait partie de la série de spectacles de vacances en langue anglaise du Met. Alice Coote et Christine Schäfer interprètent les célèbres frères et sœurs perdus dans les bois, qui luttent contre la sorcière vorace - une interprétation loufoque du ténor Philip Langridge - tandis que l'orchestre du Met, sous la direction de Vladimir Jurowski, se délecte de la riche partition d'inspiration folklorique.

La brillante production de John Dexter de l’opéra brûlant de Britten met en vedette Dwayne Croft dans le rôle-titre du beau jeune marin dont la gentillesse et l’innocence provoquent sa chute. Le grand James Morris est Claggart, maître d'armes sur le navire de guerre Indomitable du XVIIIe siècle, qui accuse à tort Billy d'avoir incité à la mutinerie. Philip Langridge chante Captain Vere, l'honnête commandant qui sait que Billy est innocent mais se trouve incapable de le sauver. Steuart Bedford, proche collaborateur de Britten durant les dernières années de la vie du compositeur, est sur le podium.

The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting point. Boris Godunov is Mussorgsky’s masterpiece and his only complete opera. It’s a vast sprawling tapestry of Russian life, which centres on the Russian people – represented in the opera by a large and powerful chorus – rather than on the title figure. The staging was produced at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and is based on the original version of the score.

Recorded live at The Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Idomeneo, King of Crete, has been away from home during the long years of the Trojan War. Idamante, his son and now regent of the island, waits for his return, heralded by the arrival in Crete of Trojan prisoners. One of these prisoners is Ilia, daugher of the murdered King Priam of Troy. Idamante has fallen in love with Ilia, but is loved by Electra, daughter of the Greek King Agamemmnon, who has taken refuge in Crete. This production marked the operatic debut of Trevor Nunn. It has been much-acclaimed for its dramatic effect, blending Minoan Crete with the ritualistic delicacy of Japanese theatre. This dynamic stylisation is appropriately reclected in John Napier's considered and elegant designs. Bernhard Haitink conducts the London Philharmonic in a forceful account of the music.

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