Natalie Dessay – review

Wigmore Hall, LondonThe leading French soprano has finally made her Wigmore Hall debut. With a programme of French song focusing on Debussy, but also encompassing Chabrier, Chausson and Duparc, Natalie Dessay could hardly have chosen better vehicles, even if her approach differs from that of the regular recitalist.For a start, she's a more dramatic, even flamboyant performer than many. Dessay's métier is the florid soprano territory of the mad Lucia or the somnambular Amina, and some of their l...

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