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Revisiting Staatsoper Berlin’s Ring cycle proved a thrilling experience: Dmitri Tcherniakov's production returns to Unter den Linden with conductor Philippe Jordan
[…] stupidity. The cast of this production just grew and grew upon one with Wotan's long-suffering but loyal wife, Fricka, gracefully portrayed by Claudia Manke, delivering a commanding and convincing performance that leaped out into the auditorium. For instance, her feisty tête-à-tête with her disloyal husband about his extra-marital affairs, suitably carried out in his well-furnished wooden-panelled office at ESCHE, proved a memorable scene all round. And Fricka's ill-fated sister, Freia, sung energetically by Anett Fritsch, brought to the fore her angst and anxiety as being a pawn in the game over the ransom money demanded by the giants as payment for building Valhalla, an issue causing so much distrust and friction between Fricka and Wotan The deuce playing the giants proved more than their worth - no pun intended! Fafner (Peter Rose) - who, incidentally, studied in my home city of Norwich at the University of East Anglia - […]
2024-03-25 23:45:00
Der Ring des Nibelungen, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 18, 19, 21, and 24 March 2024
Images: Monika RittershausBrünnhilde (Anja Kampe)Wotan/Wanderer – Tomas Konieczny Donner, Gunther – Roman Trekel Froh – Siyabonga Maqungo Loge – Rolando Villazón Fricka – Claudia Mahnke Freia – Anett Fritsch Erda, Rossweisse – Anna Kissjudit Alberich – Johannes Martin Kränzle Mime – Stephan Rügamer Fasolt – Matthew Rose Fafner – Peter Rose Woglinde – Evelin Novak Wellgunde – Natalia Skrycka Flosshilde, Siegrune – Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein Siegmund – Robert Watson Sieglinde – Vida Miknevičutė Hunding – René Pape Brünnhilde – Anja Kampe Gerhilde – Clara Nadeshdin Helmwige – Christiane Kohl Waltraute – Michal Doron, Violeta Urmana Schwertleite – Alexandra Ionis Ortlinde, Third Norn – Anna Samuil Grimgerde – Aytaj Shikhalizada Siegfried – Andreas Schager Woodbird – Victoria Randem Hagen – Stephen Milling Gutrune – Mandy Friedrich First Norn – Marina Prudenskaya Second Norn – Kristina StanekDirector – Dmitri TcherniakovRevival directors – Lilli Fischer, Thorsten CölleCostumes – Elena ZaytsevaLighting – Gleb FilshtinskyVideo – Alexey […]
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2021-02-19 14:55:39
Australia leads the way to picking local maestros
The Australian-based German Johannes Fritzsch has just been named principal conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds the Mexican Alondra De La Parra, whom he preceded. Fritsch is married to a former concertmaster of the Australian Opera and lives in Hobart, Tasmania. Local batons are the way Australia is heading. The Sydney Symphony has […]
2020-09-08 17:42:54
The 2020/2021 George Enescu International Cello Competition, in Bucharest, Romania, today announced their 7 semi finalists. This year’s semi-finalists are: Margarita Balanas (United Kingdom) Stefan Cazacu (Romania) Sebastian Fritsch (Germany) Jérémy Garbarg (France) Anouchka Hack (Germany) JaeMin Han (South Korea) Keisuke Morita (Japan) Open to international cellists 32 years of age or younger, the 1st prize winner […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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