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2022-08-03 04:00:50
Musical standards are very high this year and casts are top-drawer, though the choices so far have been conservative
2022-04-22 13:12:00
Orpheus/L'Orfeo, Komische Oper, 16 April 2022
(sung as Orpheus in German translation by Susanne Felicitas Wolf) Orfeo – Dominik Köninger Euridice – Josefine Mindus Amor – Peter Renz Sylvia/Proserpina – Maria Fiselier Plutone, Caronte – Tijl Faveyts Figures of Orpheus and Eurydice – Alexander Soehnle, Helen Schumann Dancers - Meri Ahmaniemi, Martina Borroni, Ana Dordevic, Zoltan Fekete, Michael Fernandez, Paul Gerritsen, Claudio Greco, Marcel Prét, Tara Rendell, Lorenzo SoragniBarrie Kosky (director)Katrin Lea Tag (designs)Katharina Tasch (costumes)Ulrich Lenz (dramaturgy)Otto Pichler (choreography)Alexander Koppelmann (lighting) Chorus (chorus master: David Caevlius) and Orchestra of the Komische OperMatthew Toogood (conductor)Amor (Peter Renz), Orpheus (Dominik Köninger)Images: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.deBarrie Kosky’s advent as Intendant of the Komische Oper in 2012 was marked by a twelve-hour ‘Monteverdi Trilogy’, in which the three extant Monteverdi operas were given in new productions and in newly composed realisations by Elena Kats-Chernin (also new German translations by Susanne Felicitas Wolf). Avid Monteverdian, especially in non-‘period’ guise, though I be, […]
2022-01-26 03:00:00
Susan Dunn (soprano) - Beethoven Wagner Verdi Arias Ah! Perfido, Op.65 Tannhauser - Dich, Teure Halle, Grüß Ich Wieder Die Walkure - Der Männer Sippe Die Walkure - Du Bist Der Lenz Un Ballo in Maschera - Ecco L'orrido Campo ... Ma Dall'arido Stelo Divulsa Ernani - Surta È La Notte... Ernani! Ernani! Involami I vespri Siciliani - Arrigo! Ah! Parli A Un Core La Forza del Destino - Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! Il Trovatore - Che Più T'arresti? ... Tacea La Notte Placida... Di Tale Amor Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)Flac Files, Cover and Track ListingOne of those sopranos with a lovely voice who never made many recordings. There is some superb singing in this - her only recital as far as I am aware.
2021-11-29 09:47:27
The journey begins: Richard Jones and Martyn Brabbins launch a new Ring Cycle at ENO, dramatically anti-heroic yet with strong musical values and some intriguing ideas
[…] Brünnhilde suspended over fire. A shame, but the final image of her hanging there was disturbing enough. Nicky Spence and Emma Bell, both making role debuts, created a strong sense of character with Siegmund and Sieglinde, both singers seem born to play the roles and both relished the English text. The result was some powerful drama and fine musical moments. The sheer lack of theatrical dazzle meant that at moments such as 'Du bist der Lenz' we were focused on the music and the drama. Spence's Siegmund was something of a wild man, strong but not good at interacting with people. His scenes with Bell's rather damaged Sieglinde had a deliberately tentative, stilted quality, and their relationship only fully developed from the mid-point in the act. The end of the act sagged, somewhat, dramatically and by the end whilst we were convinced of the pair's childlike attraction to each other […]
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