L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Aida à l'Opéra royal du Danemark

By Irma Foletti, 13 September 2023

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“Si quelques images valent le coup d’œil, d’autres séquences ont déjà été vues et revues”

Reviewed at The Opera House: Main Stage, Copenhagen on 12 September 2023

Verdi, Aida

Royal Danish Opera

Paolo Carignani, Conductor

Hossein Pishkar, Conductor

Annabel Arden, Director

Merle Hensel, Set Designer

Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer

Lee Curran, Lighting Designer

The Royal Danish Orchestra

William Duke, Video

Nora Sourouzian, Amneris

Samuele Simoncini, Radamès

Musa Ngqungwana, Amonasro

Anna Nechaeva, Aida

Sir Willard White, King of Egypt

Daniel Giulianini, Ramfis

Cecilia Hjortsberg, Priestess

Michael Kristensen, A messenger

Theo Clinkard, Choreography

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Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Copenhagen

David Karlin, 6th October

Anthony Almeida and Rosanna Vize's deconstructed ghostly country house provides plenty of tension; fine vocal qualities are marred by poor intelligibility.

***11

The other Lulu: a Danish rarity in Copenhagen

Aksel Tollåli, 4th February

Dénise Beck shines as the Princess Sidi in the Royal Danish Opera's production of Friedrich Kuhlau's Lulu, receiving its first performances in 180 years.

***11

Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade: Love in the time of selfies

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Kasper Holten's production of Carl Nielsen's delightful comedy Maskarade delights in Copenhagen.

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The king is not well: Nielsen’s Saul og David

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The Royal Danish Opera's new production of Carl Nielsen's first opera Saul og David updates the action to the present-day Middle east and, while well-sung, comes off as overly simplistic.

**111

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Zombie clowns abound in Stefan Herheim's uncomfortably comical and upsetting Copenhagen production of Alban Berg's Lulu.

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Irma Foletti

Italienne, géomètre de formation, Irma s’est soudainement prise de passion pour l’opéra il y a bientôt 35 ans... en même temps que son mari François, la flamme étant allumée alors par un certain Luciano Pavarotti ! Installée depuis 15 ans dans le Sud de la France, elle fréquente très assidument les théâtres et festivals de cette région, et se déplace aussi en France, Europe, Amérique. Ses goûts musicaux sont assez larges, avec tout de même deux chouchous : Rossini et Meyerbeer.