Joyce El-Khoury, Jodie Devos & Anne-Catherine Gillet Headline Opera De Limoges’ 2019-20 Season

By Francisco Salazar

Opera de Limoges is set to present a 2019-20 season with a diverse repertoire and a number of recitals.

Guignard’s “Jungle” opens the season with Vivien Simon, Sylvain Manet, Clara Pertuy, and Halidou Nombre. Stéphane Guignard directs the production.

Performance Dates: Oct. 17-18. 2019

Anne Kessler directs Offenbach’s “Madame Favart” with Laurent Campellone conducting that includes Marion Lebègue, Anne-Catherine Gillet, and Christian Helmer.
Performance Dates: Nov. 3-7, 2019
Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les sortilèges” stars Catherine Trottmann, Jennifer Courcier, Aline Martin, Marie Kalinine, Raphaël Brémard, Philippe Nicolas-Martin, Thibault de Damas, Clémentine Bourgoin, and Suzanne Taffot. Philippe Forget conducts the production by James Bonas.

Performance Dates: Jan. 23-26, 2020

“Coronis” by Sebastián Durón takes the stage with Vincent Dumestre conducting Omar Porras’ production. The work stars Ana Quintans, Isabelle Druet, Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, Anthéa Pichanik, Victoire Bunel, Marielou Jacquard, Caroline Meng, Brenda Poupard, and Olivier Fichet.

Performance Dates: Feb. 11 & 12, 2020

Florie Valiquette, Héloïse Mas, Jodie Devos, Julie Pasturaud, and Lionel Lhote star in Massenet’s “Cendrillon” with Robert Tuohy conducting. Ezio Toffolutti directs the production.

Performance Dates: March 20-24, 2020

Jeanne Desoubeaux directs “Don Quichotte,” a work inspired by Massenet’s opera. Jean‑Christophe Lanièce and Flore Merlin star.

Performance Date: March 21, 2020

“D’Habitude, on Supporte L’Inevitable” takes the stage in a production by Roland Auzet. 

Performance Date: May 7, 2020

Daniel Kawka conducts Grieg’s “Peer Gynt” in a production by Jean-Philippe Clarac and Olivier Deloeuil.

Performance Dates: June 27 & 30, 2020

Recitals 

Soprano Ève Christophe joins Elina Kuperman, Julien Lazignac, and Frédéric Langlais for evening of Schubert works.

Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2019

Joyce El-Khoury stars in an evening entitled “Le Portrait de Manon” with music by Puccini and Massenet. The evening also stars Kamen Chanev, Victoire Bunel, Sheva Tehoval, and Luca Lombard with Guy Condette conducting.

Performance Date: Feb. 23, 2020

Vincent le Texier offers a recital with pianist Ancuza Aprodu.

Performance Date: May 19, 2020

Melody Louledjian and Yoann Dubruque perform works by Grieg, Sibelius, Kuula, Saariaho and Vasks.

Performance Date: June 12, 2020

Concerts 

Philippe Forget conducts soloists Virginie Pochon and Victor Sicard in a program by Ravel.

Performance Date: Dec. 21 & 22, 2019

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