Il était une fois Brahms par Barenboim à la Philharmonie

By Nicolas Mathieu, 04 November 2019

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“Barenboim laisse de l’espace aux solistes pour faire naviguer les thèmes à travers la phalange”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 2 November 2019

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68

Brahms, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.73

Staatskapelle Berlin

Daniel Barenboim, Conductor

Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo

Mark Pullinger, 29th March

At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Rafael R Villalobos addresses the problems he perceives with Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, although the musical performances – led by Anna Netrebko – compensate.

***11

Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

Mark Pullinger, 28th March

Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage.

*****

Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 28th February

The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.

****1

Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz premieres at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 14th January

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

**111

Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

Elena Luporini, 14th December

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production.

***11

Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th July

Newly General Music Director Christian Thielemann and Jan Philipp Gloger bring Richard Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau to the Staatsoper Berlin for the first time, but la commedia is hardly stupenda.

**111

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Nicolas Mathieu

Après des études de philosophie à l’ENS de Lyon et de politiques culturelles à l’Université de Paris, Nicolas se tourne vers la gestion culturelle à HEC Paris. Formé aux conservatoires de Lille et de Lyon en piano et en écriture, il consacre ses projets personnels au dialogue entre la musique et les autres arts comme organisateur de ciné-concerts (S’émanciné), de lectures performées (CIE 44) et autres formats pluridisciplinaires.