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[…] very moving, even if I disagreed with several aspects of Eva-Maria Höckmayr´s production. Frankfurt Opera decided two positive things: it was sung in English, as it should; and the conductor of the splendid orchestra was a talented specialist, Paul Daniel, erstwhile Principal Conductor of the English National Opera. The two protagonists are called Sali and Vreli in this Swiss version of the young lovers, and they were beautifully sung and acted by handsome young artists, tenor Jussi Myllys and soprano Amanda Majeski. The fascinating part of the Dark Fiddler was admirably taken by baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle. First-rate choral work, too. The technical feats of stage designer Christian Schmidt […]
2012-10-28 19:15:11
[…] the Swiss novelist Gottfried Keller, is saturated with Wagnerian influence – it even ends with a Love-Death. But the music, for good and ill, is unmistakably that of Delius, sweepingly ecstatic and beautiful at times, but mostly lacking the forward momentum, let alone the darts of musical characterisation, that sustain dramatic interest.Stephen Medcalf's production concentrates on essentials, eschews naturalism, gives the climactic Walk a touching staging, and pulls off a deft climax as the lovers Sali and Vreli drown. John Bellemer and Jessica Muirhead are an unflaggingly committed pair of lovers, while David Stout makes the most of the opera's best role, the mysterious Dark Fiddler who lures them from the everyday world. Rory Macdonald conducts with utter conviction. But it is obvious why even Delius's best does not generally hold the stage.Rosetta Cucchi's bold, intelligent and sensitive staging of L'Arlesiana, by contrast, makes a compelling case for Cilèa's opera […]
2012-09-26 19:41:25
[…] which echoes of English folk song, American spirituals and German romantic opera were underpinned by typically glutinous harmonies, and which too often sounded like Tristan and Isolde on an outing to Ambridge.Corp's performance was well-paced and shaped, though a bigger orchestral complement of strings might have given the sound more depth and counter-balanced the hefty brass contributions. The cast was a decent one, with Anna Devin and Joshua Ellicott as the young lovers Vreli and Sali, and Andrew Shore and Christopher Maltman as their squabbling fathers. As the Dark Fiddler, the Dionysian figure in this unconvincing scheme, David Wilson-Johnson had the only role worth getting to grips with.• What have you been to see lately? Tell us about it on Twitter using #GdnReviewRating: 2/5OperaClassical musicShort storiesFictionAndrew Clementsguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our […]
2012-09-26 02:30:00
Dangerous thoughts Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet
[…] Empire. Delius was colonized, just as the rest of the world was colonized. Delius could be appropriated as a doughty rejection of Wagner, Strauss, Debussy and them foreigners. To this day, British music circles still bear the mindset of Eric Fenby. For some, being British is more important than being artistic. So poor Fred is remodelled as British Bucolic. In Keller's Romeo und Julie auf dem Dorfe, there are no grand Italian backdrops. Sali and Vreli are the children of peasants feuding over land that doesn't belong to them. No genial Friar Laurence. Instead the sinister Dark Fiddler, doomed by his illegitimate birth. He's a warning that lovers should not stray from the straight and narrow of orderly Swiss life. He's also a fiddler, which in German mythology equates with the Devil, our old Freund' Hein. Or is he a version of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, with violin not […]
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