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2020-12-13 19:00:14
Lohengrin
Calixto Bieito directs Roberto Alagna, René Pape, Vida Mikneviciute, Ekaterina Gubanova and Martin Gantner in this livestream from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
2019-11-24 22:30:00
Lohengrin, Bavarian State Opera, 21 November 2019
Nationaltheater Ortrud (Karita Mattila)Images: © Wilfried Hösl King Henry the Fowler – Christof Fischesser Lohengrin – Klaus Florian VogtElsa – Anja HarterosFriedrich von Telramund – Wolfgang KochOrtrud – Karita MattilaKing’s Herald – Martin GantnerFour Brabantian Nobles – Caspar Singh, George Virban, Oğulcan Yilmaz, Markus SuihkonenFour Pages – Soloists from the Tölz Boys’ ChoirGottfried – Lukas Engstler Richard Jones (director) Ultz (designs)Mimi Jordan Sherin (lighting)Silke Holzach (video)Lucy Burge (choreographical assistance)Rainer Karlitschek (dramaturgy) Chorus and Extra Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera (chorus director: Stellario Fagone) Bavarian State OrchestraLothar Koenigs (conductor) An exceptional Lohengrin, this. I had better explain. Yes, it was exceptional in the quality of much of the singing, especially the two principal female roles, yet also in luxury casting such as Martin Gantner as the King’s Herald. It was also—and perhaps more surprisingly to me—exceptional in that fine musical performances rescued the evening from one […]
2019-07-31 18:35:00
Munich Opera Festival (2) - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 27 July 2019
Nationaltheater Images: Wilfried HöslHans Sachs (Wolfgang Koch) Hans Sachs – Wolfgang Koch Veit Pogner – Christof FischesserKunz Vogelgsang – Kevin ConnersKonrad Nachtigall – Christian RiegerSixtus Beckmesser – Martin GantnerFritz Kothner – Michael Kupfer-RadeckyBalthasar Zorn – Ulrich ReßUlrich Eißlinger – Dean PowerAugustin Moser – Thorsten ScharnkeHermann Ortel – Levente PállHans Schwarz – Peter LobertHans Foltz – Roman AstakhovWalther von Stolzing – Daniel KirchDavid – Allan ClaytonEva – Sara JakubiakMagdalena – Okka von der DamerauNight Watchman – Milan Siljanov David Bösch (director) Patrick Bannwart (set designs)Meentje Nielsen (costumes)Falko Herold (video)Rainer Karlitschek (dramaturgy)Theresa Schlichtherle (revival director) Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus master: Sören Eckhoff) Bavarian State Orchestra Kirill Petrenko (conductor) Beckmesser (Martin Gantner) and Sachs ‘Es klang so neu und war doch ein bißchen alt’? A little more than three years after first seeing David Bösch’s (then new) production of Die […]
2019-04-24 17:40:00
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 21 April 2019
Staatsoper Unter den Linden Images: Bernd Uhlig (from the first performances, in 2015) Hans Sachs – Wolfgang Koch Veit Pogner – Matti Salminen Eva – Julia Kleiter Walther von Stolzing – Burkhard Fritz David – Siyabonga Maqungo Magdalene – Katharina Kammerloher Kunz Vogelgesang – Graham Clark Konrad Nachtigall – Adam Kutny Sixtus Beckmesser – Martin Gantner Fritz Kothner – Jürgen Limm Balthasar Zorn – Siegfried Jerusalem Ulrich Eisslinger – Reiner Goldberg Augustin Moser – Florian Hoffmann Hermann Ortel – Arttu Kataja Hans Schwarz – Franz Mazura Hans Foltz – Olaf Bär Night Watchman – Erik Rosenius Andrea Moses (director) Jan Pappelbaum (set designs) Adriana Braga Peretski (costumes) Olaf Freese (lighting) Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright) Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim (conductor) ‘Die Zeit ist ein sonderbar Ding,’ sings Strauss’s Marschallin: a truth that seems to grow truer with […]
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