Eliana Bayon

In Rigoletto, the deformed figure of the hunchbacked jester at the Mantuan court acts as a foil to his cynical and powerful master, an unscrupulous philanderer contrasted with his cruel and unforgiving fool. Rigoletto encourages and welcomes the Duke's conquests, pitilessly mocking his victims until he discovers that the Duke has abducted the one person he genuinely loves, his own daughter. As a result, the character of the court jester is transformed into a tragic figure who, in spite of his evident immorality and malice, allows us to sense the devotion he feels for his daughter and his horror at being destroyed by the same despotic world as that which he himself has helped to create.

Dans cette production prestigieuse au Gran Teatre del Liceu, le monde célèbre et très controversé metteur en scène de Calixto Bieito, admiré pour ses mises en scène premières et évocateur, voit dans la réalisation de Carmen la gitane mythique et touche à des questions sensibles telles que le racisme, la xénophobie et politique de droite. Bieito évoque une atmosphère sensuelle et réaliste pleine de symbolisme puissant. Un quatuor exceptionnel de stars vocales, dirigés par un «splendide et sensuelle" (El Periódico) Béatrice Uria-Monzon dans le rôle-titre, offre l'une des plus excitantes Carmens ces dernières années: Roberto Alagna comme Don José, Erwin Schrott le rôle d'Escamillo et Marina Poplavskya que Micaëla. Enregistrement live du Gran Teatre del Liceu, Octobre 2010.

From the Gran Teatre del Liceu - one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Seiffert is a nimble, youthful-voiced Tannhäuser He plays alongside Petra Maria Schnitzer as Elisabeth. As the goddess of love, Elisabeth’s counterpart Venus is portrayed by the stunning Béatrice Uria-Monzon. Sebastian Weigle, the Liceu’s principal conductor, gives a performance that the Spanish daily ABC wrote is “full of vitality and visibly inspired“heldentenor Peter Seiffert ruled the stage as the troubled artist. His duet with Elizabeth and his Rome narration were emotionally potent.” --Opera News