At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, "Billy" and "Louise" face their destiny
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Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd," directed by Ted Huffman, offers some of the most emotional moments of this year's Aix Festival. Jean-Louis Fernandez
The fate that society reserves for young people permeates, albeit in very different ways, Britten's Billy Budd and Charpentier's Louise . The former is the subject of a moving performance, while the latter benefits above all from the luminous presence of soprano Elsa Dreisig.
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I subscribeWhat is charm? An elusive enigma until the answer suddenly becomes evident in the features and voice of an artist. Thus, over the course of a late afternoon and an evening in the sweltering heat of Provence, baritone Ian Rucker and soprano Elsa Dreisig each radiated their irresistible charm. Both are protagonists of lyrical works that confront a youth eager for joy and freedom with the conventions, prejudices, and violence of societies that repress the ardor too quick to step out of line. Billy will pay with his life, Louise with her parents' affection.
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