At Opéra de Liège : Rossini's"Le Comte Ory" from 21 Dec to Jan 2, and Jan 5th in Charleroi
When Rossini presents "Le Comte Ory" (1828) in Paris, the Parisian public welcomes this opera-bouffe with such boundless enthusiasm that it will last a further 60 years. It is his penultimate opera, written in French. Rossini largely adapted "Il viaggio a Reims" , a work he had written for the coronation of Charles X. Unexpectedly, he would stop composing for opera at the age of 37, with his last masterpiece : " Guillaume Tell" , submitting to his new passions: gastronomy and worldly life. Tasty mix of genres, eras and virtuosities, "Count Ory" 2018, whose title role is interpreted with verve and solar power, by Antonino Siragusa , a magnificent tenor disguised as a bawdy monk, has really seduced everyone by its lightness, its brilliance, its French spirit and its joie de vivre. Graceful and unassuming comic effects are everywhere. The story is particularly reminiscent of some popular French songs like “La ceinture” explai...
