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2023-08-27 14:55:32
Usher Hall, EdinburghThe festival’s concert staging with Donald Runnicles conducting the Deutsche Oper brought Wagner’s score to life, with Clay Hilley in command of the lead role’s technical challengesWith no fully staged, large-scale opera production at this year’s Edinburgh International festival, this concert performance of Wagner’s Tannhäuser had been eagerly anticipated. Its fantastical and elaborate plot make it a tricky work to bring coherence to in a semi-staging, but Sir Donald Runnicles and Deutsche Oper didn’t disappoint.The young knight Tannhäuser is torn between the carnal allure of the goddess Venus and his longing for the pious Elisabeth. After disgracing himself by singing in praise of Venus at a song contest, he is exiled to Rome to plead for absolution. On his return, he tells how he was rejected by the pope, who informed him that he would only be forgiven when green leaves grow from the papal staff. Heartbroken, he finds […]
2023-08-23 21:44:00
Generational Change
[…] for Mulligan, but certainly this could be a way for the singers and conductor to try out these roles.Other singers who might turn up in a Met or SFO Ring, in addition to those in YN-S's upcoming performances, include Christine Goerke, Amber Wagner, Marjorie Owens, Lise Davidsen (I mean....Davidsen is sure to be in the next Met Ring, it's just a question of which role she will be singing), former Adler Fellow Sarah Cambidge, Andreas Schager, Clay Hilley, Issachah Savage, and more.
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2023-07-14 06:17:11
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2023-05-20 20:09:00
Wozzeck, Royal Opera, 19 May 2023
Royal Opera HouseWozzeck – Christian Gerhaher Marie – Anja Kampe Captain – Peter Hoare Doctor – Brindley Sherratt Margret – Rosie Aldridge Drum Major – Clay Hilley Andres – Sam Furness First Apprentice – Barnaby Rea Second Apprentice – Alex Otterburn The Fool – John Findon Soldier – Lee Hickenbottom Tenor Solo – Andrew Macnair Marie’s Son – Jonah Elijah McGovernDeborah Warner (director)Hyemi Shin (set designs)Nicky Gillibrand (costumes)Adam Silverman (lighting)Kim Brandstrup (choreography)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding)Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseAntonio Pappano (conductor)Images: Tristram KentonAndres (Sam Furness), Wozzeck (Christian Gerhaher)Thirty years ago, in Sheffield, a teenage schoolboy saw his first opera in the theatre. It was Wozzeck, directed by Deborah Warner for Opera North. Quite an opera with which to begin, you might say, and indeed in many ways it was, yet why would you wish to begin with something that was not ‘quite an opera’? He knew a […]
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