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2022-07-06 07:11:28
Frothy fun: Johann Strauss' unaccountably neglected operetta Blindekuh
[…] a sure hand with the scissors might have helped things along. Yet, for the Strauss enthusiast (and for others), there is plenty of delightful music. That is where recordings come in. In 2019, Dario Salvi conducted the Sofia Philharmonic and Chorus in a recording of Johann Strauss' Blindekuh for Naxos with Robert Davidson (Scholle), Kirsten Kunkle (Arabella), Martina Bortolotti (Waldine), James Bowers (Adolf), Daniel Schliewa (Kragel), Andrea Chudak (Betsy), Emily Byrne (Elvira), Julian Rohde (Johann) and Roman Pichler (Hellmuth).There is no dialogue, and the plot summary in the booklet rather requires close reading (but then so does the summary on Wikipedia). What makes the piece work is the delightful sequence of musical numbers. Perhaps one might have the suspicion that the music does not always illuminate the character in a way we might expect with an opera, but then if we were watching the full operetta performed in our native language then […]
2022-04-22 13:12:00
Orpheus/L'Orfeo, Komische Oper, 16 April 2022
(sung as Orpheus in German translation by Susanne Felicitas Wolf) Orfeo – Dominik Köninger Euridice – Josefine Mindus Amor – Peter Renz Sylvia/Proserpina – Maria Fiselier Plutone, Caronte – Tijl Faveyts Figures of Orpheus and Eurydice – Alexander Soehnle, Helen Schumann Dancers - Meri Ahmaniemi, Martina Borroni, Ana Dordevic, Zoltan Fekete, Michael Fernandez, Paul Gerritsen, Claudio Greco, Marcel Prét, Tara Rendell, Lorenzo SoragniBarrie Kosky (director)Katrin Lea Tag (designs)Katharina Tasch (costumes)Ulrich Lenz (dramaturgy)Otto Pichler (choreography)Alexander Koppelmann (lighting) Chorus (chorus master: David Caevlius) and Orchestra of the Komische OperMatthew Toogood (conductor)Amor (Peter Renz), Orpheus (Dominik Köninger)Images: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.deBarrie Kosky’s advent as Intendant of the Komische Oper in 2012 was marked by a twelve-hour ‘Monteverdi Trilogy’, in which the three extant Monteverdi operas were given in new productions and in newly composed realisations by Elena Kats-Chernin (also new German translations by Susanne Felicitas Wolf). Avid Monteverdian, especially in non-‘period’ guise, though I be, […]
2021-12-15 16:01:59
Anglais - Jacques Offenbach's "Orphée aux Enfers" at the Komische Oper Berlin
[…] knows that this operetta is entirely in keeping with his style, slightly over the top and exaggerated - but it suits the music and story. Rufus Didwiszus conjures up elegant bedrooms and a ravishing oversized dragon with sparkling red eyes who rides a bicycle. Add to this the extremely imaginative costumes by Victoria Behr - although a few less glittering genitals and erotic attributes would not have harmed the whole. The ingenious choreography by Otto Pichler, which he rehearsed with the phenomenal dance ensemble of the Komische Oper, is certainly one of the highlights of the production: starting with bees swarming around the bee-keeper Aristaeos, then a gang of red-bearded devils and ending with the famous can-can at the big party in hell that is eternally associated with the name of Jacques Offenbach. Barrie Kosky showed his appreciation during the curtain calls and bowed to Pichler at the end of […]
2019-11-06 16:45:00
The Bassarids, Komische Oper, 5 November 2019
Images: Monika Rittershaus Dionysus – Sean Panikkar Pentheus – Günter Papendell Cadmus – Jens Larsen Tiresias – Ivan Turšić Captain – Tom Erik Lie Agave – Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Autonoe – Marisol Montalvo, Vera-Lotte Boecker Beroe – Margarita Nekrasova Dancers – Azzurra Adinolfi, Alessandra Bizzarri, Damian Czarnecki, Michael Fernandez, Paul Gerritsen, Claudia Greco, Christoph Jonas, Csaba Nagy, Sara Pamploni, Lorenzo Soragni Barrie Kosky (director) Otto Pichler (choreography) Katrin Lea Tag (designs) Ulrich Lenz (dramaturgy) Franck Evin (lighting) Vocalconsort Berlin Chorus of the Komische Oper, Berlin (chorus director: David Cavelius) Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) I have been privileged to see – and hear – three excellent performances and productions of The Bassarids; I have also been privileged to attend many excellent performances and productions at the Komische Oper. In both respects, this new production by Barrie Kosky, conducted […]
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