Aix roars back with Rattle’s Tristan
mainFestival d’Aix-en-Provence has released early plans for next summer. Topping the bill is Tristan und Isolde conducted by Simon Rattle, directed by Simon Stone.
The cast: Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme, Jamie Barton, Franz-Josef Selig, Josef Wagner.
The London Symphony Orchestra will be in the pit, Brexit permitting.
There’s also the very good program for the Easter festival with Chailly and La Scala but I have big doubts that they will go in South of France…
Nice!
his RING there was a mixed bag and what he did in all his years at the Salzburg Easter Festival was nothing great either
He definitely isn’t the best Wagnerian but the concert performance of Tristan I attended in Berlin a few years ago was wonderful. But then it might just be that it was brilliant because of the Berlin Phil…
Luxury casting!
Great cast, but why risk ruining everything with Simon Stone ?
Rattle’s Wagner – dull, with terrible pacing. Why bother?
Rattle’s Wagner is about as interesting as a generic toilet seat, in my opinion.
Stemme will be wonderful as always. The rest, probably not.
What a mismatched cast/conductor.
FM
Sounds glorious!
So why do the old timers on here not like Rattle? I’m out of the loop
It could be that many on this blog who criticise him and his work, are mere onlookers who have not worked with him, but happen to have read or heard others’ opinions about him.