#stephanie d'oustrac

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Stéphanie D’Oustrac as The Muse/Nicklausse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Opéra National de Paris, 2016

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why is their anger so hot

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Month of New Operatic Works #23: Armide (Théâtre de Champs-Élysées, 2008): Reactions, Part II

let the fangirling continue!

poor Armide is starting to regret her life choices

I really want these three to hook up

oh honey

girl that is not true

so now she’s invoking Hate

OH MY GOD

two icons on one stage

is that poison

WORK IT LAURENT

why is like 70% of Baroque opera Dance Music That Bops TM

Laurent Naouri is just having the time of his life

she has decided to not take Hate up on it

mmmmmkay

not very cash money of you to curse her like that

EVERYONE is crushing hard on Armide

when you try to find your seat in the darkened theater

(the dude is a cast member)

so (at least in this staging) the monsters are the audience lol

“dude we gotta go save Renaud”

“but...pretty ladies...”

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so these are demons whom Armide has changed to look like the knights’ girlfriends

“I have the power of God, anime, AND flashlights on my side”

now the other guy is also falling for the trap rip

these two are giving me impeccable Disaster Bi vibes

iconic duo

he’s so hopeless

that likely is gonna end badly

this is cool

can I move here and listen to this music and enjoy a peaceful, happy life please

seriously this is just so lovely

Area Guy Has Sudden Attack of Both Work-Related And Catholic Guilt

unfortunately, yes

oh HONEY

that moment when glory calls

that college-level music history textbook I had with the extensive commentary on L’Orfeo also had extensive commentary on this scene and I’m so happy I finally get to see it play out

she needs hugs

the Disaster Bis are back

and there he goes :(

how could someone resist staying with her?

someone please hug her

uh...okay I guess

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:(

the tourists are back

welp the dream is over

tour guide does NOT get paid enough for this shit

bonus:

we STAN an ICON

[girlsontelephone]

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Mostly Mezzo Mondays: d’Oustrac, Graham, Lemieux, and more

Mostly Mezzo Mondays: a recurring (though not weekly) feature where, on Monday nights, I blog a list of the upcoming broadcasts that have caught my eye on World Concert Hall. My interests: baroque vocal music, art song recitals, and a list of favorite singers.

Stéphanie d’Oustrac sang works by Duparc, Debussy, and Ravel as part of a concert with the Nash Ensemble, recorded live at Wigmore Hall a few days ago; it’s scheduled for broadcast Wednesday, January 17 on BBC Radio 3.*

This concert by the National Orchestra of Wales caught my eye partly because of the male soloists (Allan Clayton and Matthew Rose, both of whom I hold in high regard) and partly because of the female conductor, Xian Zhang; I don’t know her work (yet) but on the whole I’d like to see more women on the podium. The repertoire for this concert: a world premiere of Spring by Huw Watkins followed by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Friday, January 19 on BBC Radio 3.*

Susan Graham is scheduled to sing in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this weekend; their concert is up for live broadcast Saturday, January 20 on WCRB. [NOTE: Because WCH does all listings in GMT, it gives the time of this broadcast as very early in the morning on the 21st, but it will start at 8:00 pm Saturday evening local time.]*

Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings Berlioz’ song cycle Les nuits d’été with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sunday, January 21 on NDR Kultur.

Broadcasts marked with an asterisk (*) are on channels known to me to have a history of making most if not all of their live concert broadcasts available for catch-up listening for at least a week afterward. I can’t guarantee that any of these will be archived online but if you miss the live broadcast, there may be hope!

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Stephanie d'Oustrac Opera Atys

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Ravel’s L’heure espagnole at La Scala, with Stéphanie D’Oustrac, Jean-Luc Ballestra, Yann Beuron, Vincent Le Texier and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt. (May 2016).

( photos: Brescia Amisano )

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Teaser for L'Aiglon from Opéra de Marseille featuring Stéphanie d'Oustrac as Napoleon II.

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Sometimes I listen to an opera and just feel the composer's heartbreak. Lully had been through a bad one

Stephanie D'Oustrac seems to feel it as well

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the way Nicolas Rivenq bends down (in a suit of armour!) to pick up a flower for Stephanie D'Oustrac

hrrgh

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okay, fellow opera nerds of the world, Béatrice et Bénédict from Brussels (with Stephanie d'Oustrac, Étienne Dupuis, and Anne-Catherine Gillet) or Glyndebourne (also d'Oustrac, with Paul Appleby and Lionel Lhote, directed by Laurent Pelly)?