Médée M.A. Charpentier, ensemble Almazis Iakovos Pappas II

Marc Antoine Charpentier: MEDEE
Acte III scène 3 & 4,

extrait du spectacle lyrique

MEDEE FURIEUSE

Iakovos Pappas, direction musicale

Vasilis Anastasiou, mise en scène

Konstantina Ritsou, textes

Maciej Belenn, costumes

Emmanuelle Isenmann, Médée

Benjamin Clée, Jason

Ensemble Almazis-Iakovos Pappas,

Petit Opéra du Monde,

Festival international de Volos le 5 janvier 2009.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Marc Antoine Charpentier
• musique française
• musique baroque
• tragédie lyrique
• ensemble Almazis
• Iakovos Pappas
• Petit Opéra du Monde

[classicalamateur]

This scene has so much energy and impact. Wonderful.

[Mariaaaa8888]

I agree! Besides don't forget that opera first of all is theater!! And as theater has to be understandable. That's probably the reason that in french baroc at least, the singers don't sing too high, To be understandable. If you knew what Aristoteles wrote (Poetics) about tragedy, then you would know from where opera was inspired and what it tried to imitate.

As for the rythm, I don't hear any mechanical tempo here. Art needs discipline to learn it and freedom to serve it.

[tidaliumpelo]

@baroquecollection Vous avez certainement raison Monsieur Pappas !!!

[baroquecollection]

@tidaliumpelo Si vous trouvez Emmanuelle Isemann en délicatesse avec la justesse, je crois que vous êtes en délicatesse avec la musique même!

[tidaliumpelo]

@classicalamateur Malheureusement cette chanteuse est trop souvent en délicatesse avec la justesse, vraiment Dommage!

[Claudiaz]

C'est un ratage total... aucune expression, les habits sont moches... quant au chant... c'est loin d'être d'une technique parfaite et surtout c'est très laid et insupportable à force...

[baroquecollection]

@Enturbanon

Effectivement en écoutant Laurraine Hunt dans cet air nous avons les tripes en sale état.

C'est très beau d'entendre : "Quel pi de mon amu"!!!! ou "dans mon cœu..." avec un chevrotement continuel à la voix.

Mais évidement tous les goûts sont dans la nature!

[Rosmiros]

Bravo Iakove eine exeretiki doulia siharitiria..

[chrysalifourfour]

You seem to be confused as to what staccato is, as well as to what a mechanical tempo is. This live performance demonstrates possibly the most realistic interpretation of 18th century French Opera, far more interesting that the dragging tempos of Christie and the colorless singers of Niquet. I also agree with Maria, the articulation and expressiveness of Ms Isenmann is quite convincing, even for non-French speakers. It verily is time to reconsider what the aesthetics of Baroque is all about...

[Mariaaaa8888]

I'm sorry but I can't agree with Diwonusoio. At first I cannot hear any staccato in her singing (maybe it's my ears, who knows!). Second there isn't any mechanical tempo. If you want, why don't you try a metronome? If it is mechanical, it will show. Anyway, I believe that ms Isenmann is a good singer with a good prononciation. I can understand everything she says. And this is very important to my opinion. Have a nice evening

[Diwonusoio]

I`m afraid Isenmann`s perfomance shows a certain lack of expression... combined with the mechanical tempi, it leaves me a dry impression. (the staccato in the first section was efficient, nonetheless). I`d like very much to hear a version different from the Christie/Niquet classics and yet expressive, but this didn`t convince me.