‘Victoire Bunel has it all: presence, expressive mobility, beautiful tone, and stylistic intelligence.’
Diapason Mag
AT THE MOMENT
World premiere, Solaris by Othman Louati
6 May at the Opéra de Nantes and 21 May at the MC2 Grenoble
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 young and brilliant 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.
Recital in Montreal with Gaspard Dehaene
Bourgie Hall on 12 May
This program is part of a major Schubert cycle initiated several years ago by Olivier Godin at the Salle Bourgie in Montreal, Canada.
Gems set apart from the well-trodden paths of the major cycles, like a thread leading to French mélodie, around which this duo first came together. From the solid ground of Schubert to the waves of Fauré, Marguerite Canal, Marie Jaëll, Chausson, and Lili Boulanger.
The 10th Anniversary of the La Brèche Festival
29 May at the Atelier Lyrique in Tourcoing, 31 May at the MC2 in Grenoble
Following their Winterreise, which was warmly received by the public, Victoire Bunel, Jean-Christophe Lanièce and pianist Romain Louveau continue their journey through Schubert’s works with this final collection, published a few months after the composer’s death in 1828. The two voices share the melodies, sung in turn in a French translation by Antoine Thiollier. Whether a lovers’ dialogue, an inner monologue or a shared memory: the perspectives intertwine, giving way to a meditation on the passing of time.