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2024-03-09 12:50:00
Parsifal, Deutsche Oper, 8 March 2024
Amfortas – Jordan Shanahan Titurel – Andrew Harris Gurnemanz – Günther Groissböck Parsifal – Klaus Florian Vogt Kundry – Irene Roberts Klingsor – Joachim Göltz Knights of the Grail – Patrick Cook, Youngkwang Oh Esquires – Sua Jo, Arianna Manganello, Kieran Carrel, Chance Jonas-O’Toole Flowermaidens – Flurina Stucki, Sua Jo, Arianna Manganello, Hye-Young Moon, Mechot Marrero, Marie-Luise Dreßen Voice from Above – Marie-Luise DreßenDirector – Philipp StölzlCo-director – Mara KurotschkaSet designs – Conrad Moritz Reinhardt, Philipp StölzlCostumes – Kathi MaurerLighting – Ulrich NiepelRevival director – Silke Sense Chorus, Men of the Extra Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (chorus masters: Jeremy Bines and Christian Lindhorst)Opern-Ballet, Statisterie, and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, BerlinDonald Runnicles (conductor)PARSIFAL von Richard Wagner, Deutsche Oper Berlin, copyright.Image: Matthias BausMemory plays all manner of tricks: major and minor. I could have sworn I had seen Philipp Stölzl’s Deutsche Oper Parsifal twice before this, distinctly […]
2024-02-01 22:36:00
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Andris Nelsons, music director. January 30, 2024.
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall. Balcony (Seat B14, $28).The concert ended at 10:35 pm.ProgramLady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Opera in Four Acts and Nine Scenes, Op. 29 (1930-1932) by Shostakovich (1906-1975).CastKaterina Ezmailova - Kristine Opolais, Boris Izmailov/Ghost of Boris - Gunther Groissbock, Zinovy Izmailkov - Peter Hoare, Sergei - Brenden Gunnell.Story. Katerina is in a loveless marriage to Zinovy. When Zinovy goes on a business trip, she is reminded by her father-in-law Boris that she must remain faithful. The new worker Sergei - a well-known womanizer - comes to town, challenges Katerian to a wrestling match, and the two eventually have an affair. Boris catches Sergei, beats him, and locks him up in the storeroom. Katerina puts poison in the mushroom dish she prepares for Boris, and he dies. When Zinovy returns, he suspects Katerina's having an affair, and beats her. In their struggle, Katerina and Sergei kill Zinovy and puts […]
2024-01-05 17:27:00
Der Rosenkavalier, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2 January 2024
Die Feldmarschallin, Fürstin Werdenberg – Julia Kleiter Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau – Günther Groissböck Octavian – Marina Prudenskaya Herr von Faninal – Roman Trekel Sophie – Golda Schultz Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin – Anna Samuil Valzacchi – Karl-Michael Ebner Annina – Katharina Kammerloher Police Officer – Friedrich Hamel The Marschallin’s Major-domo – Florian Hoffmann Faninal’s Major-domo – Johan Krogius House Servant – Jens-Eric Schulze Notary – Dionyios Avgerinos Landlord – Johan Krogius Singer – Andrés Moreno Garcia Milliner – Regina Koncz Vendor of Pets – Michael Kim Leopold – Oliver Chwat Lackeys, Waiters – Sooongoo Lee, Felipe Martin, Insoo Hwoang, Thomas Vogel Three noble orphans – Olga Vilenskaia, Anna Woldt, Verena Albertz Lerchenauschen – Peter Krumow, Stefan Livland, Mike Keller, Thomas Vogel, Ben Bloomfeld, Andreas Neher Paper artist – Tomas Höfer Mohammed – Joseph UmohDirector – André HellerAssistant director – Wolfgang SchillySet designs – Xenia Hausner, Nanna NeudeckCostumes – Arthur Arbesser, […]
2023-08-25 08:13:00
Wagner: Tannhäuser - Le Gateau Chocolat - Bayreuth Festival (Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath)Wagner: Tannhäuser; Jens-Erik Aasbø, Markus Eiche, Günther Groissböck, Julia Grüter, Ekaterina Gubanova, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Olafur Sigurdarson, Elisabeth Teige, Klaus Florian Vogt; dir: Tobias Kratzer; cond: Nathalie Stutzmann; Bayreuth Festival Reviewed by Tony Cooper, 23 August 2023Katharina Wagner puts in a Hitchcock-style appearance in this compelling and telling production of Tannhäuser. This current production of Tannhäuser by Tobias Kratzer (which, incidentally, received its première in Dresden on 19th October 1845) chalks up the opera’s ninth staging at the Bayreuth Festival and was first seen in 2019. It’s now making its final bow following a four-year tenure on the Grüner Hügel. Surprisingly, no other work in the Wagner canon has received such few productions. By the way, Kratzer made his Bayreuth début with this production which, I feel, has lost none of its shine or momentum since I attended its […]
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