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2023-12-18 19:35:00
Ascanio in Alba, Oper Frankfurt, 17 December 2023
Bockenheimer DepotVenus – Kateryna Kasper Ascanio – Cecilia Hall Silvia – Karolina Bengtsson Aceste – Andrew Kim Fauno – Anna Nekhames Secretary – Aijan Ryskulova Bodyguard – Stefan Biaesch Silvia’s friends – Valentina Ziegler, Isabel Casás RamaNina Brazier (director)Christoph Fischer (set design)Henriette Hübschmann (costumes)Jonathan Pickers (lighting)Deborah Einspieler (dramaturgy)Vocal Ensemble (recorded)Frankfurt Opera and Museum OrchestraAlden Gatt (conductor)Images: Monika RittershausAceste (Andrew Kim), Silvia (Karolina Bengtsson), Venus (Kateryna Kasper), Ascanio (Cecelia Hall), Fauno (Anna Nekhames) It is not every day I get to hear a Mozart opera live for the first time. And yet, this year 2023, some time after my first year of opera-going, I have done so twice: Il re pastore at this year’s Salzburg Festival, albeit in concert performance, and now Oper Frankfurt’s new Ascanio in Alba, directed by Nina Brazier and conducted by Alden Gatt. Two to go, but another two ticked off the list—not that I ever wish to […]
2022-06-12 14:41:00
Dido and Aeneas and Bluebeard's Castle, Oper Frankfurt, 5 June 2022
Frankfurt Opera HouseDido – Cecelia Hall Aeneas – Sebastian Geyer Belinda – Kateryna Kasper Second Woman – Karolina Bengtsson Sorceress – Dmitry Egorov First Witch – Elizabeth Reiter Second Witch – Karolina Makuła Spirit, Sailor – Carlos Andrés CárdenasBluebeard – Nicholas Brownlee Judith – Claudia Mahnke Prologue (on tape) – Benedek SalgoBarrie Kosky (director)Alan Barnes (revival director)Katrin Lea Tag (designs)Joachim Klein (lighting)Zsolt Horpácsy (dramaturgy)Frankfurt Opera Chorus (chorus director: Tilman Michael)Frankfurt Opern- und MuseumsorchesterBenjamin Reiners (conductor)First Witch (Elizabeth Reiter), Sorceress (Dmitry Egorov), Second Witch (Karolina Makula)Images: Barbara Aumüller The operatic double-bill presents problems and opportunities—like any staged event, one might say, though there are of course specific cases for each genre, even vis-à-vis spoken theatre. First, at least in most instances, comes the question of what to programme together, that is assuming one has rejected the obvious solution of leaving a shortish one-act opera on its own. Practices change: we now rarely programme […]
2022-03-22 20:57:25
Anglais - Deborah Warner’s New Peter Grimes Has it All at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[…] convincing he is is revealed by his vague nod of the head to Balstrode’s suggestion that he sink his boat, as if he has no fibre of mental strength left to resist the instruction. His presence is also notably strong as the audience instantly feel for themselves Peter’s ability to silence a hitherto noisy pub, whether it be because those assembled are simply made to feel awkward, or are positively frightened, by him. Maria Bengtsson is also a very fine Ellen as her soprano is quite rich and sumptuous, yet also sensitive enough to convey a deeply caring person who seeks a simple and happy, as opposed to prestigious but unachievable, life. Sir Bryn Terfel is on tremendous form as Balstrode, using his firm bass-baritone to convey a man who seeks to be the voice of moderation and reason. There is also brilliant support from Sir John Tomlinson as […]
2022-03-18 14:21:00
Royal Opera House Images: ROH 2022 (c) Yasuko KageyamaThe Boy (Cruz Fitz), Peter Grimes (Allan Clayton) Hobson – Stephen Richardson Swallow – John Tomlinson Peter Grimes – Allan Clayton Ned Keene – Jacque Imbrailo Rev. Horace Adams – James Gilchrist Bob Boles – John Graham-Hall Auntie – Catherine Wyn-Rogers First Niece – Jennifer France Second Niece – Alexandra Lowe Mrs Sedley – Rosie Aldridge Ellen Orford – Maria Bengtsson Bryn Terfel – Captain Balstrode The Boy – Cruz Fitz Aerialist – Jamie Higgins Deborah Warner (director)Michael Levine (set designs)Luis F. Carvalho (costumes)Peter Mumford (lighting)Kim Brandstrup (choreography)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding) Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseMark Elder (conductor) London has proved fortunate with recent productions of Peter Grimes(and doubtless with older ones too). David Alden’s 2014 production for ENO and Willy Decker’s for the Royal Opera (in its 2011 revival) both had considerable virtues and received performances. […]
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