‘Victoire Bunel has it all: presence, expressive mobility, beautiful tone, and stylistic intelligence.’
Diapason Mag
AT THE MOMENT
Tour with Le Poème Harmonique, Armide (concert version), Lully
14 March at the Teatro Real in Madrid, 17 March at La Philharmonie de Paris, 22 March at the Capitole in Toulouse, 27 March at the Opéra Royal de Versailles
A musical tragedy in one prologue and five acts, with a libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Torquato Tasso’s La Jérusalem délivrée, premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1686 Le Poème Harmonique tackles Lully & Quinault’s final tragedy, Armide, composed in 1686, just before Lully’s death. This musical tragedy is often considered the masterpiece of their collaboration. Indeed, they wrote no fewer than 12 operas together.
Castor and Pollux, Rameau, La Cappella Mediterranea (Phébé)
April 7, 8, and 12
World premiere, Solaris by Othman Louati
29 April, La Condition Publique
Video opera for mezzo-soprano, instrumental ensemble and electronics.
The Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing, La Condition Publique in Roubaix and the Ensemble Miroirs Étendus have commissioned the brilliant young Tourcoing-based composer Othman Louati to create a video opera inspired by Stanislas Lem’s 1961 science fiction novel Solaris. They have teamed up with Jacques Perconte, a fascinating artist who pushes the boundaries of video, cinema and digital arts by playing with visual material and the transformation of images.