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2024-01-12 13:53:27
Barbican, LondonWith the power of the LSO on stage alongside them, this concert performance found Agneta Eichenholz magnetic in the title role and tenor Aleš Briscein a particular standoutSimon Rattle’s LSO concerts of
2020-06-14 09:05:17
A Life On-line: Thais from the Metropolitan Opera, Sorochinsy Fair and Eugene Onegin from the Komische Oper, and Covent Garden re-opens
[…] were returned to Russia by way of the Komische Oper, Berlin, for Kosky's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. This profoundly beautiful production featured striking designs by Rebecca Ringst and Klaus Bruns, which set virtually the entire action (bar the ball scene in Act III) in a luxuriant meadow. The 2016 performance was conducted by Henrik Nánási, with Asmik Grigorian as Tatiana, Karolina Gumos as Olga, Christiane Oertel as Larina, Margarita Nekrasova as Filippyevna, Aleš Briscein as Lensky and Günter Papendell as Onegin. The protagonists were all believably young, so that Grigorian's remarkably Tatiana did go on a journey, from gauche interior girl to poised, and perhaps a little heartless. Much of Grigorian's intensity came over on the small screen, so much so that one regretted not seeing her in the role live. Papendell was almost as remarkable, creating a character which was believable if not likeable, sexy and […]
2019-09-21 15:29:00
Eugene Onegin, Komische Oper, 20 September 2019
Images copyright: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de Eugene Onegin – Günter Papendell Tatiana – Natalya Pavlova Olga – Karolina Gumos Lensky – Aleš Briscein Mme Larina – Stefanie Schaefer Prince Gremin – Tijl Faveyts Filipievna – Margarita Nekrasova Zareski – Changdai Park M. Triquet – Alexander Fedorov Zaretsky – Changdai Park Captain – Carsten Lau Guillot – Yuhei Sato Barrie Kosky (director)Rebecca Ringst (set designs) Klaus Bruns (costumes)Simon Berger (dramaturgy)Franck Evin (lighting) Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: David Cavelius) of the Komische Oper Ainārs Rubikis (conductor) What’s in a name? Should Tchaikovsky’s opera – which, as Barrie Kosky states in the programme booklet, should be considered alongside Pushkin, not as its musical translation – really be called Eugene Onegin at all? Or would Tatiana Larina be the more fitting title? Eugene and Tatiana, perhaps? It is a silly question, really; for one thing, no one […]
2018-12-22 10:33:45
The Dead City: Robert Carsen's new production of Korngold's masterpiece in Berlin
Korngold: Die tote Stadt - Komische Oper, Berlin (Photo Iko Freese/drama-berlin.de) Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Aleš Briscein, Sara Jakubiak, Günter Papendell; dir: Robert Carsen, cond: Ainārs Rubiķis; Komische Oper, Berlin Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 14 December 2018 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) New production of Korngold's late-Romantic opera and musical psycho-thriller at the Komische Oper, Berlin Korngold: Die tote Stadt - Aleš BrisceinKomische Oper, Berlin (Photo Iko Freese/drama-berlin.de) Working together with the new general music director of Komische Oper, Ainārs Rubiķis, Canadian star director, Robert Carsen, made his début at this imposing house located on Behrenstraße just a few steps from Unter den Linden with Korngold's Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), this musical psycho-thriller about the difficulty of letting go and the necessity of doing so (seen 14 December 2018), with Aleš Briscein, Sara Jakubiak and Günter Papendell. The close-knit […]
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