Simon Keenlyside by Various, Sâm 04 Mart. 2023, De la (2023/2023), Grand-Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland

The distinguished timbre of Simon Keenlyside and his profound musicality make each of his recitals the occasion for a privileged intellectual encounter with the composer. The Englishman offers us a program where late romanticism intertwines with the middle of the 20th century, and from which emerges a triple German, English and French plea for peace. The elegance of his baritone fits perfectly with the refined melodists of Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf and when he moves on to the post-Second World War, Simon Keenlyside bends effortlessly to the Brechtian irony of Hanns Eisler, to the mystical or mischievous declamations by Poulenc and, above all, to the visionary songs of William Blake, set to music by Benjamin Britten,