‘Victoire Bunel has it all: presence, expressive mobility, beautiful tone, and stylistic intelligence.’
Diapason Mag
AT THE MOMENT
Castor and Pollux, Rameau, La Cappella Mediterranea (Phebe)
April 10 and 12
Victoire Bunel joins La Cappella Mediterranea once again for a new opera production. Following Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, she will perform in a concert version of Rameau’s Castor et Pollux, singing the role of Phébé, the Spartan princess. There will be two opportunities to experience this performance: on 10 April in Namur and on 12 April at the Royal Opera of Versailles.
World premiere, Solaris by Othman Louati
29 April at La Condition Publique, 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.
The 10th Anniversary of the La Brèche Festival
2 May at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Chambéry
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.