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2024-01-24 07:29:00
Norfolk-based arts writer, Tony Cooper, enjoys a musical heritage tour to Leipzig, a relaxing and inviting city to visit awash with so much musical history.
[…] Lord Darnley) greatly enhancing the production with truly rewarding performances while South Korean bass, Sejong Chang, cast as the Mary’s ‘lovable’ poet, David Riccio, turned up as a rock guitarist. Thea Musgrave: Mary, Queen of Scots - Oper Leipzig (Photo: Tom Schulze)And the members of a rather large (and impressive) chorus dressed identically made their mark attired in black kilts with enlarged and accentuated foreheads punctuated by deep-set heavily-mascaraed eye make-up looking menacingly unsettled while Matthias Foremny gained from his charges in the pit some excellent playing getting to grips with Musgrave’s energetic and impressive score to exacting and thrilling effect. Overall, my visit to Leipzig with opera, symphony and museums at the heart of the matter was well complemented by some hearty and rich-based meat dishes that kept me a-going. I enjoyed immensely tucking into a large bowl of Leipziger allerlei, a regional German vegetable dish, with ingredients similar to a […]
2023-06-10 12:11:00
Leipzig Opera. Bizet's Carmen. June 9, 2023.
Leipzig Oper. Opernhaus Saal, Leipzig. Rang rechs (Row 5, Seat 14, 51 euros).Curtain Call. Carmen and Micaela to the leftt of the conductor, Don Jose and Escamillo to the right. The two walls form the basis for the sets in all 4 acts.Story. See previous post.Conductor - Matthias Foremny. Don Jose - Andrea Shin, Escamillio - Tuomas Pursio, Zuniga - Sejong Chang, Carmen - Khartuna Mikaberidze, Micaela - Olena Tokar, Lillas Pastia - Alexander Range.View from the Opera House into the square Augustusplatz. Again a lot of construction.We are in Leipzig for a few days with the objective of going to a few of the Bach Fest 2023 events. This clearly isn't part of that "program."For last year's Wagner Festival, English surtitles were provided. When I looked into the situation this year, I found out English is provided for a limited number of performances. Since Leipzig is becoming an international city, […]
2022-06-22 23:28:00
Oper Leipzig - Das Liebesverbot by Wagner. June 21, 2022.
[…] Friedrich cannot resist the temptation, and is willing to be tried for the act he is about to commit. Friedrich, with Marianne by his side, is caught by Brighella. Friedrich is ready to be tried by the King and executed, but Claudio, now freed, states death is not the penalty for a love-offence. The King returns, and everyone goes to greet him in their Carnival wear. Friedrich marries Marianne, and Isabella marries Luzio.Conductor - Matthias Foremny. Brighella - Stefan Sevenich, Luzio - Dan Karistrom, Claudio - Mirko Roschkowski, Friedrich - Tuomas Pursio, Isabella - Manuela Uhi, Mariana - Nina-Maria Fischer.Some screen shots from the Leipzig Opera website on the performance.About the story, it is mostly based on the Wikipedia article on this opera. The synopsis was translated from Wagner's own description of the opera. Many other web references to the opera refer back to this article for the synopsis. The […]
2022-06-21 21:16:00
Oper Leipzig - Die Feen by Wagner. June 20, 2022.
[…] that day, Arindal thinks his two children are killed by Ada, and his army is wiped out by Ada's duplicity. So he curses Ada, and she disappears. The last act first sees Arindal hallucinating about killing Ada, then he is given a shield and a sword with he overcomes obstacles to rescue Ada. In seeing that, the Fairy king blesses Arindal with immortality, and Arindal's kingdom is handed over to Lora and Morald.Conductor - Matthias Foremny; Ada - Kirstin Sharpin, Zemina - Athanasia Zohrer, Farzana - Sandra Maxheimer, Lora - Viktorija Kaminskaite, Drolla - Olga Jelinkova, Der Feenkonig & Groma - Sejong CHang, Arindal - Marc Horus, Morald - Nikolay Borchev, Gernot - Randall Jakobsh, Gunther - Patrick Vogel, Harald - Roland Schubert.Over the course of three weeks, Festival Wagner 22 will have staged all 13 of Wagner's operas. The first three, Die Feen, Das Liebesverbot, and Rienzi are three […]
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