Caustique Blaubart au Komische Oper de Berlin

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 16 July 2018

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“un spectacle décapant”

Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 13 July 2018

Offenbach, Barbe-Bleue

Komische Oper Berlin

Clemems Flick, Conductor

Stefan Herheim, Director

Christof Hetzer, Set Designer

Esther Bialas, Costume Designer

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Barbe-Bleue

Vera-Lotte Boecker, Fleurette

Stefanie Schaefer, Boulotte

Peter Renz, King Bobêche

Johannes Dunz, Prince Saphir

Philipp Meierhöfer, Count Oscar

Tom Erik Lie, Popolani

Manni Laudenbach, Actor

Wolfgang Häntsch, Actor

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach, Dramaturgy

Stefan Soltész, Conductor

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****1

Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.

****1

Masks and obsessions: Evgeny Titov’s Salome at Komische Oper Berlin

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Salome is faceless and the Dance of the Seven Veils becomes a sardonic commentary on seduction in Komische Oper Berlin's austere new staging.

****1

Opulent minimalism: Kosky directs a new staging of Akhnaten

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Barrie Kosky's new production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten for Komische Oper at the Schillertheater removes any egyptological references.

****1

A blade too dull: Kosky directs Sweeney Todd at Komische Oper

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With a brand new production by Barrie Kosky, Komische Oper Berlin's first venture into the Sondheim repertoire mostly falls flat.

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Komische Oper Berlin's The Marriage of Figaro is staged at the Edinburgh International Festival with a strong cast headed by Penny Sofroniadou and Peter Kellner.

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.