Les Talens Lyriques announced its 2022-23 season which begins this August. This season marks the company’s 30th anniversary. Listed below are the vocal and operatic parts of the season, which is led by Christophe Rousset. Soprano Sandrine Piau and Les Talens Lyriques ensemble will open the season with “Cantates arcadiennes de Rome à Paris” at the Festival de Musique de Menton. {…}
Gaspare Spontini’s “La Vestale” will be performed as part of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 30th anniversary series. The Roman tale of religious zeal and forbidden love features Les Talens Lyriques and Chœur de la Radio Flamande as well as Marina Rebeka as Julia, Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Licinius, Tassis Christoyannis sings Cinna, Aude Extrémo as The Great Vestal, and Nicolas {…}
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques will pay homage to Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig on June 11, 2022. This showcase will be a restaging of the 1786 charity event originally organized by Johann Sebastian’s son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, in support of a medical institute for the poor; that concert featured the {…}
(Credit: © Ceric Larrayadieu) Christophe Rousset is set to lead Les Talens Lyriques in a unique 30th anniversary season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on opera or vocal performances. Mezzo-soprano Grace Durham will headline a program of music by Couperin, Lambert, Purcell, Leclair, and Stuck at the Festival Antiqua Bozano and in Berlin. Performance Dates: {…}
Salieri’s “Armida,” which had its world premiere in Vienna back in 1771, has never been fully recorded. That will all change later this year when Les Talens Lyriques releases the first full recording of the work on Jan. 22, 2021 and delivers its first modern performances in early 2021. The opera, which features a libretto by Marco Coltellini, will be {…}
On November 8, 2020, Les Talens Lyriques is set to perform a selection of arias from Handel Italian operas, held at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Led by director Christophe Rousset, the ensemble will be joined by soprano Sandrine Piau and mezzo Eve-Maud Hubeaux. Both artists have performed extensively with the organization over the years. The program will draw from Handel’s {…}
Credit: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Gramophone has announced the recordings that have advanced to the final round of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal, choral, and opera categories. The first contestant in the opera category is the Barber’s “Vanessa,” performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Chorus, under the musical {…}