Q & A: Francesco Filidei on His Opera ‘L’Inondation’ & Approach to Composition

Composer Francesco Filidei is on a good streak. After the success of the creation of his new cello concerto in the Festival Presences, he is having his opera, “L’Inondation,” performed a second time in Paris’s historic Operá-Comique. We met during the rehearsals of his opera to debate his views on composing and opera. OperaWire: “L’Inondation” is on its second run {…}

French Soprano Chloé Briot Files a Complaint for the Alleged Sexual Harassment

(Credit: Anais Briot) French soprano Chloé Briot has filed a complaint for the alleged sexual harassment. The repeated incidents allegedly took place between October 2019 and February 2020 during a contemporary production of Joël Pommerat and Francesco Filidei’s opera “L’Inondation.” The opera was commissioned by l’Opéra-Comique in Paris, as the co-production with l’Opéra de Rennes and the Angers-Nantes Opéra. Briot, {…}