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Classical Music

Natalie Dessay, Barbican Hall

On 02 Oct 15, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM

The great lyric soprano visits the Barbican for an intimate night of lieder and chanson

By CW Contributor on 26/1/2015

1 CW reader is interested
Natalie Dessay, Barbican Hall
Natalie Dessay, Barbican Hall
Natalie Dessay, Barbican Hall Natalie Dessay, Barbican Hall Joe Lloyd
Booking is open to Barbican Members on the 28th January 2015.
It takes a lot of courage to quit while you are ahead. As a star of opera, Natalie Dessay shone brighter than most. Her starring role in Bellini’s La sonnambula even saw her compared to Joan Sutherland. It was remarkable, then, when she forsook the stage in 2013, claiming in Le Figaro that “ce n'est pas moi qui arrête l'opéra, c'est l'opéra qui m'arrête" - "I did not quit opera, opera quit me."
In the year since, Dessay has devoted her time both to acting and to performing as a solo chansonnier. And this October, she will be bringing her radiant coluratura voice to the Barbican Hall, for an evening of French and German song. Dessay has long been regarded as one of the lightest, tender-toned sopranos at work today, effortlessly able to add soaring emotion to all manner of material. This could well be a highlight of the Barbican’s entire 2015/16 season.
The recital will begin with eight lieder from Schubert and five from Mendelssohn, both acknowledged masters of the genre. Then, Dessay will return to the music of her native France, with six mélodies from Henri Duparc, pieces by Faure and Bizet, and a handful of French-language Liszt songs. At the recital’s heart stand four further melodies, all set by the aforementioned composers, based on the poems of Victor Hugo. Don't miss this rare chance to catch Dessay in London - who knows, before long she might have retired from the concert hall too. 

What Natalie Dessay, Barbican Hall
Where Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS | MAP
Nearest tube Barbican (underground)
When On 02 Oct 15, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Price £10-35
Website Click here to book via the Barbican website



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    There’s something evasive about Dessay’s voice and personality – something which in the opera house makes her a haunting Manon, Mélisande and Lucia – and her Wigmore Hall recital debut, devoted to mélodies, was marked by a tantalising, teasing refusal to come clean.

    Rupert Christiansen

    THE GUARDIAN

    "She's a more dramatic, even flamboyant performer than many. Dessay's métier is the florid soprano territory of the mad Lucia or the somnambular Amina, and some of their lyric intensity seeped into Debussy's delicate settings, though not to their detriment."

    George Hall

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