Gérard Korsten conducts Laurent Pelly’s La Vie Parisienne at Opéra de Lyon to rave reviews
13 Dec 2011
Laurent Pelly’s effervescent and iconic staging of Offenbach’s witty take on France and Parisians - La Vie Parisienne - recently returned to Opéra de Lyon to rave reviews and sell out run under the baton of Gerard Korsten.
Le Progrès reported that ‘In the pit, Gérard Korsten’s conducting electrified the musicians at the Opera de Lyon’
Reg’Arts reported that ‘Laurent Pelly…knows his subject. His mischievous creativity is given free rein and his witty ideas are endless.’
With set designs by Chantal Thomas, dialogues by Agathe Mélinand, the cast was led by Laurent Naouri, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Blandine Staskiewicz and Boris Grappe .
