Ravel Double Bill, 2012
Two sparkling miniatures: a sexy Spanish fantasy and a musical fairytale.
L'enfant et les sortilèges - the cast includes Khatouna Gadelia (Child), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Cat/Squirrel) and Paul Gay (Armchair/Tree) with conductor Kazushi Ono and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
L'heure espagnole - the cast includes Elliot Madore (Ramiro), François Piolino (Torquemada) and Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Concepción) with conductor Kazushi Ono and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Extra content - Ravel Double Bill: explore with Alexandra
Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to Author Joanne Harris and music scholar Emily Kilpatrick to take a deep dive into Ravel's two sparkling miniatures: L'heure espagnole and L'enfant et les sortilèges.
Ravel Double Bill was the opera of the month for January 2022.
Photos: Simon Annand
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L'heure espagnole - full opera
L’heure espagnole is a heat-soaked farce – youthful, sexy, ebullient – in which a lusty Spanish woman juggles lovers while her husband is preoccupied with clockwork mechanisms. Ravel evokes a Spanish flavour through his use of native dance forms including the jota, the habañera and the malagueña....
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L'enfant et les sortilèges - full opera
L’enfant et les sortilèges, is a touching morality tale in which fantastical fairy tale characters, animals, furniture and crockery all come to life to teach a small boy about kindness. The score features echoes of Gershwin as well as an eclectic blend of influences ranging from Bach and Montever...
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Ravel Double Bill: explore with Alexandra
Author Joanne Harris and music scholar Emily Kilpatrick join Alexandra Coghlan on a dive into Ravel's two sparkling miniatures: L'heure espagnole and L'enfant et les sortilèges. Immersing themselves in these two magical worlds, they uncover just some of the machinery the composer keeps hidden beh...
