Opera: Véronique Gens, the elegance and melancholy of the Marshal
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Veronique Gens, soprano. Jean-Baptiste MILLOT
In Der Rosenkavalier , the last production Michel Franck wanted before his departure from the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the French soprano plays one of Richard Strauss's most touching heroines. A role she has long hoped for.
A few days before the premiere of Der Rosenkavalier , Véronique Gens makes no secret of it: "The Marschallin is the role that, until today, has required the most work from me, both in terms of the text and the music. It's incredibly difficult!" Yet, the soprano had been dreaming of it "for twenty years." But the operatic world being what it is, "one doesn't naturally think of a French singer, who is moreover associated with the Baroque repertoire and Mozart, to slip into the prose of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and the melodies and rhythms of Richard Strauss, even the most Mozartian of his works. "
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