Second and last lyric fantasy by Maurice Ravel (after L'Heure espagnole) whose libretto was written by Colette, L'Enfant et les sortilèges will be played this week at the Opéra de Limoges in a staging built around the creation of videographer Grégoire Pont and a staging by James Bonas.
Under the baton of Philippe Forget, Catherine Trottmann interprets the title role which is L'Enfant (the child) and Aline Martin is La Maman ( the Mom), La Tasse chinoise (a broken china cup) and La Libellule (the Dragonfly).
Nominated in the "Lyrical artist revelation" category of the Victoires de la Musique 2017 and "HSBC 2017 Laureate of the Festival d'Aix" Catherine Trottmann was soon noticed for the richness of her timbre and her scenic investment and she was quickly offered some of the most emblematic roles in the repertoire.
During the 2019/2020 season, she will be heard in La Traviata (Flora) at the Paris Opera, Offenbach's Le Roi Carotte (Cunégonde) at the Opéra national de Lyon, Rossini's Le Comte Ory (Isolier) at the Opéra de Metz, L'incoronazione di Poppea (Virtu, Damigella, Pallade) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées or Ravel's Schéhérazade with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France (conductor Mikko Franck).
Mezzo-soprano Aline Martin has already sung the roles of Sélyzette (Ariane et Barbe Bleue by Dukas), the 2nd Lady (Die Zauberflöte) and Lapak (The Cunning Little Vixen) at the Opéra National du Rhin, the 2nd Lady and the mezzo solo part of Mahler's 3rd Symphony at the Opéra national de Paris, the Mother (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) at the theatres of Piacenza, Modena and Reggia Emilia (Italy) and at the Opéra de Saint-Etienne, Queen Clementine (Offenbach's Barbe Bleue) at the Opéra national de Lyon, Brigitta (Die Tote Stadt) at the Opéra de Limoges, Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) and Giovanna (Rigoletto) at the Opéra de Marseille, Gertrude (Roméo et Juliette) at the Opéra de Saint-Etienne, Pastuchyna (Jenufa) at the Opéra de Rouen, or Annina (La Traviata) at the Opéra Grand Avignon.
Catherine Trottmann © Occurrence - Cyril Cosson Photographie
Aline Martin © AliénorPerrard
L'Enfant et les sortilèges, M. Ravel
23 January 2020, 14:30
