Fromental Halévy’s La Juive is often considered a tenor’s opera. This is because the great Act IV aria “Rachel, quand du Seigneur” is the work’s most popular and tenors since Enrico Caruso have planned performances around their rendition of it. Don’t get me wrong, Diego Torre’s Eléazar sang it stupendously (and received the longest and…
I spoke with soprano Natalie Aroyan on the morning of the first rehearsal on the set of Fromental Halévy’s 1835 opera La Juive, the first day of production week. She was excited to get on to the ‘scary’ staircase which makes up most of the set. Staircases present all sorts of interesting challenges, not only…
The French opera La Juive about a Jewish woman and a Christian man opens at the Sydney Opera House tomorrow evening. Murray Dahm talks to its director Constantine Costi. Here is his report: Two days after speaking with soprano Natalie Aroyan, who takes on the role of Rachel in Opera Australia’s production of Fromental Halévy’s…
After pandemic restrictions shut down its scheduled opening in 2020, acclaimed French director Olivier Py’s new production of La Juive will finally have its Australian premiere at the Sydney Opera House, this coming March. Big and tragically romantic, Fromental Halévy’s heart-wrenching opera about forbidden love between a Christian and a Jew offers audiences the rare…
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