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2024-01-22 07:34:00
Let the dialogue flow: Benjamin Bernheim leads a wonderfully memorable account of Massenet's Werther in Zurich
Massenet: Werther - Benjamin Bernheim, Valeriy Murga - Zurich Opera (Photo: Toni Suter)Massenet: Werther; Benjamin Bernheim, Rihab Chaieb, Sandra Hamaoui, Audun Iversen, Valeriy Murga, director: Tatjana Gürbaca/Nina Russi, conductor: Giedrė Šlekytė; Zurich OperaReviewed 19 January 2024One of those performances created by people who understood what is needed in Massenet's opera with one of the most finely sung accounts of the title role that I have ever heard. Pure magicZurich Opera debuted its production of Massenet's Werther at Zurich Opera House in 2017, directed by Tatjana Gürbaca with Juan Diego Florez in the title role. On Friday 19 January 2024, the production received its first revival (revival director Nina Russi), conducted by Giedrė Šlekytė with Benjamin Bernheim in the title role, Rihab Chaieb making her house debut as Charlotte, Sandra Hamaoui as Sophie, Audun Iversen as Albert and Valeriy Murga as Le Bailli.Werther has an important Swiss history. Written in 1885, it was rejected by the […]
2020-12-15 20:27:15
Bassist Anne Mette Iversen’s new quintet album Racing a Butterfly is streaming at Bandcamp. Her themes are translucent but her structures are unpredictable, and her signature sense of humor is a welcome presence in a world where artists often take everything too seriously. This is also one of this year’s great drum records: Otis Brown […]
2019-09-19 06:51:45
A satisfying evening, certainly: whatever the caveats - Juan Diego Flórez & Isabel Leonard in Massenet's 'Werther' at Covent Garden
[…] last finding our hearts. Heather Engebretson sang the role of Sophie in 2015; she is a superb, light soprano whose internal life energy illuminates up the stage and whose voice is as fresh as the role demands. She was the perfect female foil for Isabel Leonard; Engebretson’s vocal agility, too, was the cause of much delight. Another success was Jacques Imbrailo, who made the most of the role of Albert (a massive improvement on Audun Iversen in 2011). Imbrailo shone recently in the title role of Billy Budd at the Royal Opera; Albert is not necessarily the most rewarding evening for a baritone but Imbrailo managed to make every entry compelling. The experienced Alastair Miles was a capable pair of hands plus some vocal cords for The Bailli (the Mayer of the town); and at the opposite end of the experience spectrum, there are three Jette Parker Young Artists […]
2019-08-25 08:18:38
Final of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo
[…] First prize went to Sergey Kaydalov. Kaydalov celebrated by giving an engaging repeat performance of his Mascagni aria, all the while clutching delightedly the huge print from Queen Sonja. Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 - The jury: Tatjana Kandel, Diane Zola, Robert Korner, Stefan Herheim, Sergei Leiferkus, Sumi Jo (Photo Adrian Nielsen) The next Queen Sonja International Music Competition is in 2021. Previous winners of the competition have included Lise Davidsen (2015), Audun Iversen (2007), Daniel Behle (2005), Virginia Tola (2009) so present and future finalists are well worth keeping an eye on.Elsewhere on this blog A stage seven times the size of the Vienna State Opera: I chat to Daniel Serafin, artistic director of Oper im Steinbruch (Opera in the Quarry) in Austria - interview Intimate & highly engaging: Mari Eriksmoen & Sveinung Bjelland in recital at Oscarshall Palace, Oslo (★★★★★) - concert review […]
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