L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012)
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L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012)
Glyndebourne Opera / Khatouna Gadelia, Elodie Méchain, Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, François Piolino / Kazuki Ono (cond)
[ FRA Musica DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 August 2014
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Production by Laurent Pelly
Ravel's two one-act operas reunited in 2012 director Laurent Pelly and conductor Kazushi Ono, who made their Glyndebourne debuts in 2008 with Humperdinck's 'Hänsel und Gretel'.
While 'l'Enfant et les Sortilèges' shares with that opera a child's-eye view of a sometimes threatening world, 'l'Heure Espagnole' is a thoroughly adult confection. Pelly addresses Ravel's very different operas with imagination, wit and - when required - humanity.
These productions were streamed live on the Guardian's website and given in concert performance at the Proms 2012 to rapturous acclaim.
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Opera
"the jewel-like fragrance of the music, alternately insouciant and innocent, is wonderfully served by Ono and the orchestra. Pelly's colourful staging combines wit, subtlety, brilliant design and high entertainment - a theatrical tour de force that gives full rein to Ravel's fantasy." Financial Times, 12th October 2013 *****
"L'enfant is fluid and magical, its split-second encounters between Khatouna Gadelia's stroppy Child and the madcap parade of vengeful creatures and animated objects deftly choreographed...Best moment? Gadelia's insouciant, pitch-perfect shaping of the last two syllables of the opera 'Maman!'" BBC Music Magazine, November 2013 ****
"The first bouquet for this splendid new L'heure espagnole must go to Caroline Ginet and Florence Evrard, the designers of the set...d'Oustrac exudes sauciness and barely suppressed desire by turns...[in L'enfant Gadelia] does infant sulking to perfection. Laurent Pelly directs the dizzying succession of scenes with a sure hand." Gramophone Magazine, November 2013
"The acting of the cast [in L'heure espagnol] is at a level of operatic perfection rarely seen. They all have comedian's as well as musician's timing, combined with marvellously fluent singing. I cannot over-praise this performance in any respect...One could have waited a lifetime to see anything this good on the operatic stage. If ever I have seen a perfect opera production, this [L'enfant] is it." MusicWeb International, December 2013
