The Caen theatre, a Mecca for Baroque zarzuela
09/11/2019 - Le Monde - Marie-Aude Roux
The exceptional combination of Vincent Dumestre and Omar Porras masterfully brings Sebastian Duron’s “Coronis” back to life, a beautiful woman who has been asleep since the 18th century.
Sebastian Duron’s Coronis, a baroque zarzuela presented at the Théâtre de Caen from 6 to 9 November, in co-production with teams from Rouen, Limoges, Amiens, Lille and the Opéra Comique in Paris, is an exciting and, to put it bluntly, eminently bewitching discovery. This French premiere is also a stage premiere, since this mythological pastoral, first performed