Event at the Monte-Carlo Opera House: Die Entführung aus dem Serail will be performed for the first time since 1988! And for this return of this Mozart's Opera on the Monegasque scene, the musical direction has been given to the Belgian conductor Patrick Davin (stage director : Dieter Kaegi.).
Equally at home in contemporary as in classical and romantic repertoires, Patrick Davin. has made himself a name both in the symphonic and lyric fields. Being a former student of Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös, he has been frequently asked to premiere works by composers such as Philippe Boesmans, Luc Brewaeys, Bruno Mantovani, Jacqueline Fontyn, Charles Chaynes, Vinko Globokar, Murray Schafer, Conlon Nancarrow, Michael Levinas, Henri and Denis Pousseur, Xavier Dayer, James Dillon, Jean-Luc Hervé, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Kris Defoort and Marco Stroppa.
Other career highlights included : his recent debut (october 2018) at Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he replaced ad hoc Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) ; Louise (Charpentier) and Damnation de Faust at the Paris Opera House Bastille ; La muette de Portici and Le domino noir, both by Daniel F.E. Auber, at Opéra Comique Paris ; the world premieres of Au monde and Pinocchio (Boesmans) both directed by Joël Pommerat at La Monnaie ; Le Nozze di Figaro, Pénélope (Fauré) directed by Olivier Py and Dr Atomic (Adams), directed by Lucinda Childs, at the Opera national du Rhin.
This season 2018/2019, Patrick Davin conducts amongst others, the world premiere of Pierre Bartholomée’s opera Nous sommes éternels at the Opera House of Metz. and Faust at ROH Liège . notamment la création mondiale “Nous sommes éternel” de Pierre Bartholomée à l’Opéra de Metz et Faust (Gounod) à l’Opéra royal de Wallonie.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, W.A. Mozart
Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier
