Ben Bliss | News Music & Opera https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/tag/ben-bliss-en Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:55:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Semele feels Pretty at the Champs-Elysées https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/semele-feels-pretty-at-the-champs-elysees Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:55:01 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=15680 A major work by Handel returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for only five performances, from February 6 to 15, 2025. Semele, the oratorio perfectly suited to staging, was last seen in Paris in 2004 under the baton of Marc Minkowski with direction by David McVicar. This time, the highly anticipated production is entrusted to […]

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]]> A major work by Handel returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for only five performances, from February 6 to 15, 2025. Semele, the oratorio perfectly suited to staging, was last seen in Paris in 2004 under the baton of Marc Minkowski with direction by David McVicar. This time, the highly anticipated production is entrusted to Oliver Mears, the current director of London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, while the renowned baroque conductor Emmanuelle Haïm will lead the orchestra.

However, the main draw for music lovers is undoubtedly the cast: Pretty Yende, the celebrated soprano, will make her role debut as Semele, a part known for its demanding range and intricate vocal lines. She will be joined by tenor Ben Bliss, also making his debut as Jupiter, Alice Coote as Juno, and Carlo Vistoli, a rising countertenor, in the brief role of Athamas.

 

Tickets for Semele

(c) Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

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]]> Golda Schultz as a Trulove in Paris https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/golda-schultz-2 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:00:23 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=15563 A rising star in the world of opera, soprano Golda Schultz returns to the Paris Opera, this time in a leading role. After performing as Micaëla at Bastille in 2023, she will make her debut at the Palais Garnier as Ann Trulove in The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky, running from November 30 to December 23, […]

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]]> A rising star in the world of opera, soprano Golda Schultz returns to the Paris Opera, this time in a leading role.

After performing as Micaëla at Bastille in 2023, she will make her debut at the Palais Garnier as Ann Trulove in The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky, running from November 30 to December 23, 2024. Inspired by a series of moralistic engravings by the painter William Hogarth, Stravinsky’s opera offers the soprano the role of a devoted lover who will stop at nothing to save her fiancé, Tom Rakewell, from ruin.

The compelling production by Olivier Py, his first creation for this prestigious French institution, remains one of his finest achievements. For this second revival, the musical direction is entrusted to Susanna Mälkki, with a cast featuring Golda Schultz alongside Ben Bliss as Tom Rakewell, Iain Paterson as Nick Shadow, and Jamie Barton as the bearded lady, Baba the Turk.

 

Pour pouvoir assister aux performances de Golda Schultz

Golda Schultz (c) Vittorio Greco

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