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En célébration des retrouvailles de la star Rolando Villazón avec Covent Garden, et à l’instigation du producteur Benoît Jacquot, la mythique salle de concert offrait en ce soir de mai 2011 une nouvelle version de la partition brillante, sinon profonde, du Werther de Jules Massenet, d’après Les Souffrances du jeune Werther, de Goethe. Le pari était risqué, dans la mesure où la composition bénéficie déjà d’une légion conséquente d’enregistrements notables. Villazón, l’un des plus grands ténors en activité, désormais au faîte de la maturité - et de l’énergie déployée dans l’interprétation de ses rôles – était accompagné dans le rôle-titre, et pour ce qui allait devenir une aventure triomphale, par quelques éminents acteurs de l’art lyrique contemporain, de Sophie Koch dans le rôle d’une Charlotte, à la périphérie du maniérisme mais toujours d’une grande limpidité dans ses expressions, à Eri Nakamura, attendrissante dans celui de Sophie.
Mais le liant essentiel et évident de l’entreprise présidait la fosse : c’est bien le chef Antonio Pappano qui, à la tête de l’orchestre de The Royal Opera House, parvient à se frayer avec autorité un chemin sensible, cohérent et pertinent dans une partition qui ne laisse pas sa part au chien pour ce qui est de la démesure, voire de l’extravagance, et qui mêne pratiquement à parité flamme italienne et romance française. En fait, la baguette est ici tenue par une main de fer dans un gant d’airain, et cela reste l’une des causes absolues du succès. Et celui qui occupe également les fonctions de directeur musical de la salle étend, comme à l’accoutumée, son autorité aux chanteurs.
Ceci posé, et malgré les qualités intrinsèques de ses corélégionnaires, Villazón est Werther, et vice-versa, dans le moindre élan romantique, la moindre expression d’amour désespéré, tremblant lorsque tremble le poète, et se glissant avec une formidable empathie dans la dramaturgie proposée. L’on sait que le chanteur souffre depuis plusieurs années de maints problèmes de santé, ce qui lui a imposé successivement plusieurs opérations chirurgicales, ainsi que de trop longues périodes de mutisme. Et comme il n’a pas hésité à collaborer à quelques émissions de télé-réalité britannique, le petit cénacle de l’art lyrique mondial, qui ne lui a qu’à peine pardonné les sessions de Mexico ! et autres « Besame Mucho », restait dubitatif quant à sa capacité à offrir de nouveaux enregistrements et prestations dignes.
C’était un tort, car il y a ici une douloureuse et sublime adéquation entre un artiste qui, manifestement, nécessite quelques airs pour se chauffer la voix, et un rôle qui mobilise avant tout un sens aigu du désespoir (après tout, cela finit par un suicide, celui d’un jeune homme épris d’une femme mariée), et une véritable sincérité. Tout ce que chante ici le ténor est vrai, clair, puissant sans emphase, beau et sombre à la fois.
Un double album en souvenir donc de cette prestation, une réalisation remarquable, en tout point fidèle à une représentation qui ne le fut pas moins, et un chanteur qui parvient à transformer ses faiblesses en caractéristiques majeures de son art. Et une nouvelle étape remarquable dans la discographie de Rolando Villazón.
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Werther (Jules Massenet)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Werther / Act 1 (Jules Massenet)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Vernhes, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Jack Sullivan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Zakharov, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pierce Adams, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kitty Woods, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Oakes, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nico Taylor, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alain Vernhes, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Darren Jeffery, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Sullivan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Zakharov, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pierce Adams, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kitty Woods, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Oakes, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nico Taylor, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Patterson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alain Vernhes, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Jack Sullivan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Zakharov, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pierce Adams, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kitty Woods, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Oakes, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nico Taylor, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alain Vernhes, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhengzhong Zhou, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Devin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alain Vernhes, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Werther / Act 2 (Jules Massenet)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Darren Jeffery, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Patterson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Darren Jeffery, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Patterson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISQUE 2
Werther / Act 3 (Jules Massenet)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Audun Iversen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Werther / Act 4 (Jules Massenet)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Eri Nakamura, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Sullivan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valerie Zakharov, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pierce Adams, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kitty Woods, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Oakes, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nico Taylor, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - David Groves, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Pappano, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Koch, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Hartmann, Author - Robert Winter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer - Susan Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Mant, Producer - Tony Cheevers, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Chronique
En célébration des retrouvailles de la star Rolando Villazón avec Covent Garden, et à l’instigation du producteur Benoît Jacquot, la mythique salle de concert offrait en ce soir de mai 2011 une nouvelle version de la partition brillante, sinon profonde, du Werther de Jules Massenet, d’après Les Souffrances du jeune Werther, de Goethe. Le pari était risqué, dans la mesure où la composition bénéficie déjà d’une légion conséquente d’enregistrements notables. Villazón, l’un des plus grands ténors en activité, désormais au faîte de la maturité - et de l’énergie déployée dans l’interprétation de ses rôles – était accompagné dans le rôle-titre, et pour ce qui allait devenir une aventure triomphale, par quelques éminents acteurs de l’art lyrique contemporain, de Sophie Koch dans le rôle d’une Charlotte, à la périphérie du maniérisme mais toujours d’une grande limpidité dans ses expressions, à Eri Nakamura, attendrissante dans celui de Sophie.
Mais le liant essentiel et évident de l’entreprise présidait la fosse : c’est bien le chef Antonio Pappano qui, à la tête de l’orchestre de The Royal Opera House, parvient à se frayer avec autorité un chemin sensible, cohérent et pertinent dans une partition qui ne laisse pas sa part au chien pour ce qui est de la démesure, voire de l’extravagance, et qui mêne pratiquement à parité flamme italienne et romance française. En fait, la baguette est ici tenue par une main de fer dans un gant d’airain, et cela reste l’une des causes absolues du succès. Et celui qui occupe également les fonctions de directeur musical de la salle étend, comme à l’accoutumée, son autorité aux chanteurs.
Ceci posé, et malgré les qualités intrinsèques de ses corélégionnaires, Villazón est Werther, et vice-versa, dans le moindre élan romantique, la moindre expression d’amour désespéré, tremblant lorsque tremble le poète, et se glissant avec une formidable empathie dans la dramaturgie proposée. L’on sait que le chanteur souffre depuis plusieurs années de maints problèmes de santé, ce qui lui a imposé successivement plusieurs opérations chirurgicales, ainsi que de trop longues périodes de mutisme. Et comme il n’a pas hésité à collaborer à quelques émissions de télé-réalité britannique, le petit cénacle de l’art lyrique mondial, qui ne lui a qu’à peine pardonné les sessions de Mexico ! et autres « Besame Mucho », restait dubitatif quant à sa capacité à offrir de nouveaux enregistrements et prestations dignes.
C’était un tort, car il y a ici une douloureuse et sublime adéquation entre un artiste qui, manifestement, nécessite quelques airs pour se chauffer la voix, et un rôle qui mobilise avant tout un sens aigu du désespoir (après tout, cela finit par un suicide, celui d’un jeune homme épris d’une femme mariée), et une véritable sincérité. Tout ce que chante ici le ténor est vrai, clair, puissant sans emphase, beau et sombre à la fois.
Un double album en souvenir donc de cette prestation, une réalisation remarquable, en tout point fidèle à une représentation qui ne le fut pas moins, et un chanteur qui parvient à transformer ses faiblesses en caractéristiques majeures de son art. Et une nouvelle étape remarquable dans la discographie de Rolando Villazón.
©Copyright Music Story 2015
À propos
- 2 disque(s) - 42 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 02:11:54
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artistes principaux : Rolando Villazón Sophie Koch Audun Iversen Eri Nakamura Royal Opera House Orchestra Antonio Pappano
- Compositeur : Jules Massenet
- Label : Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre : Classique
© 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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