French conductor Julien Masmondet talks about performing and recording Florent Schmitt’s original 1907 version of the ballet La Tragédie de Salomé with the ensemble Les Apaches.

April 17, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Abbaye de Royaumont, b records, Baptiste Chouquet, Ca vous derange?, Cyril Plante, Fabien Touchard, Festival Musiques au Pays de Pierre Loti, Florent Schmitt, Francis Gorge, Frederic Norac, Freerunning, Jacques Rouche, John Quinn, Julien Masmondet, La Tragedie de Salome, Les Apaches, Loie Fuller, Marie Laforge, Paavo Jarvi, Patrick Davin, Philippe Hattat, Pierre Loti, Premiere Loge, Remy Gassiat, Salome, Sandrine Buendia, Schmitt, Stephane Lelievre, Steve Reich, Steven Kruger, Theatre de l'Athenee | 1 Comment

“At the crossroads of dance, poetry and music”: Les Apaches’ December 2021 live presentation at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris was commercially recorded and has now been released on the b●records label. La Tragédie de Salomé is French composer Florent Schmitt’s most famous work – and it has been so ever since it first […]

In a concert season upended by COVID-19, Florent Schmitt’s original scoring of La Tragédie de Salomé (1907) gets its moment in the sun at last.

February 1, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Alain Altinoglu, Desire Inghelbrecht, Florent Schmitt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriel Pierne, Julien Masmondet, La Tragedie de Salome, Les Apaches, Loie Fuller, Natalia Trouhanova, Patrick Davin, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Robert d'Humieres, Ropartz, Schmitt, Sinfonietta Shizuoka, The Tragedy of Salome, Tomoya Nakahara, Tristan Pare-Morin | Leave a comment

The 2020-21 season includes performances of the small-orchestra version in Japan, Germany and France. As is so well-known to music-lovers everywhere, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on concert-going the world over. For too many orchestras and chamber ensembles, the entire 2020-21 season has been a total bust — or at the very least, upended […]

The Mariinsky Ballet Revives Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé

March 20, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Uncategorized | tagged Alberto Godas, Ballet, Ballets Russes, Boris Romanof, Christian Letschert, Classical Dance, Classical Music, Comoedia Illustre, Dance, Edmond Stoullig, Emil Faski, Exposition Universelle, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, George Antheil, Gertrude Prokosch, Gisela Deege, Grace Castagnetta, Inghelbrecht, J. Blake Scott, Josef Castle, Karsavina, Leon Bakst, Lisa Parnova, Lycette Darsonval, Manfred Taubert, Mariinsky, Marioara Trifan, Mir Iskusstva, Nenad Lhotka, Nicola Guerra, Olga Spessivtseva, Patrick Davin, Paulette Dynalix, Pia Mlakar, Pino Mlakar, Salome, Schmitt, Serge Diaghilev, Tamara Karsavina, Theatre des Arts, Tragedie de Salome, Trouhanova, Yvonne Daunt | 5 Comments

It’s been several decades since Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé was last presented as a ballet, even as it has been performed in the concert hall quite regularly. So it is nice to note that the Mariinsky Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia is including Salomé as part of its 13th Annual Ballet Festival. The Mariinsky is also taking the production […]