{"id":5842,"date":"2025-10-06T13:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/temps-fort\/2017\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:10:19","slug":"2017","status":"publish","type":"temps-fort","link":"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/en\/temps-fort\/2017\/","title":{"rendered":"2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-5-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3290\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-5-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-5-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-5-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ruth Walz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center title-hide-desktop has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8b9f4329aed83225db0f12b31f7c76a6\"><span class='first-char'>M<\/span>ariavesper<span class='last-char'>s<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span>t <span class='first-char'>t<\/span>h<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>H<\/span>ollan<span class='last-char'>d<\/span> <span class='first-char'>F<\/span>estival<span class='last-char'>:<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span>n <span class='first-char'>e<\/span>xtraordinar<span class='last-char'>y<\/span> <span class='first-char'>v<\/span>enu<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>f<\/span>o<span class='last-char'>r<\/span> <span class='first-char'>M<\/span>onteverdi&#8217;<span class='last-char'>s<\/span> <span class='first-char'>V<\/span>esper<span class='last-char'>s<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c26455f5d6a0c93ad9e85376694b7fd2 wp-block-paragraph\">In the bowels of the Gashouder, a gigantic iron dome over 50 metres in diameter that once supplied Amsterdam with gas, and around an immense sculpture, a mass of fabric and alluvium created by Berlinde De Bruyckere, entitled <em>Cripplewood<\/em>, Monteverdi&#8217;s <em>Vespro della Beata Vergine<\/em> was performed. This \u2018listening experience\u2019 organized by Pierre Audi served as the spectacular opening of the 70th edition of the Holland Festival, \u2018Festival for Performing Arts\u2019, in co-production with the Amsterdam Opera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1481\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3284\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-933x1024.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ruth Walz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center title hide-mobile has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8196043793124df6c6f748878242fe91\"><span class='first-char'>M<\/span>ariavesper<span class='last-char'>s<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span>t <span class='first-char'>t<\/span>h<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>H<\/span>ollan<span class='last-char'>d<\/span> <span class='first-char'>F<\/span>estival<span class='last-char'>:<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span>n <span class='first-char'>e<\/span>xtraordinar<span class='last-char'>y<\/span> <span class='first-char'>v<\/span>enu<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>f<\/span>o<span class='last-char'>r<\/span> <span class='first-char'>M<\/span>onteverdi&#8217;<span class='last-char'>s<\/span> <span class='first-char'>V<\/span>esper<span class='last-char'>s<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e814b379b54b4f19fb7f592a55219fe6 wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The unusual space lends itself miraculously to the exercise. . . . Shimmering videos occasionally dot the dome ceiling and walls with moving reflections of stained glass. But everything is very sober. On the podium, Rapha\u00ebl Pichon, wearing a long orange shirt and bearded like a figure of Christ in an ikon, conducts sometimes from behind and sometimes from the front, depending on the positioning of his troops. The young music master, totally devoted, serves Monteverdi with concentrated fullness and unwavering lyricism. Sober, tender, and passionate.\u2019 (<em>Le Monde<\/em>, Marie-Aude Roux, 2017)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-3-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-3-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-3-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pygmalion-Vepres-de-Monteverdi-3-\u00a9-Ruth-Walz-1024x627.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5842","temps-fort","type-temps-fort","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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