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...The show, directed by Christian Lapointe and first seen in Quebec, is not so much a play as an inquiry into playwriting, raising questions about the limits to creativity: should Crimp, as a 66-year-old white...
...This is the first staging in France since the St Etienne festival revived it in 1990, an event recorded for CD....
...Yann Beuron’s moving Admetus is much nearer the mark despite pinched top notes and Jean-François Lapointe’s robust High Priest would have made a bigger impression if Py had exploited his acting skills....
...As Antonin, her hopelessly aristocratic beau, Julien Behr’s pristine tenor is perfect and Jean-François Lapointe’s Duparquet brings the house down as the story’s mover and shaker....
...singers shine and especially a robust Canadian contingent: Montreal-born Joseph Kaiser is perfect as the awkward, gangly Fortunio, though the tremolo in his tenor is a question of taste; Jean-François Lapointe...
...Jean-François Lapointe’s helden baritone Pelléas practically owns the global copyright to the role....
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