Christoph Marthaler fait mouche dans le Freischütz au Theater Basel

Der Freischütz au Theater Basel

Nicole Chevalier (Agathe) et Rosemary Hardy (Ännchen)

By Romain Daroles, 01 November 2022

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“En faisant appel à Christoph Marthaler, le Theater Basel vise loin et tire juste”

Reviewed at Theater Basel, Basel on 30 October 2022

Weber, Der Freischütz

Theater Basel

Titus Engel, Conductor

Christoph Marthaler, Director

Anna Viebrock, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Roland Edrich, Lighting Designer

Basel Chamber Orchestra

Chor Theater Basel

Rolf Romei, Max

Nicole Chevalier, Agathe

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Kaspar

Rosemary Hardy, Ännchen

Karl-Heinz Brandt, Ottokar

Andrew Murphy, Kuno

Jasin Rammal-Rykała, A Hermit, Samiel

Raphael Clamer, Kilian

Ueli Jäggi, Actor

A striking Lucia di Lammermoor in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 19th October

For his new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Basel, director Olivier Py underscored an emotive kaleidoscope of events with unparalleled creativity and imagination.

****1

Hailing from No-man’s land: Pelléas et Mélisande in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 28th September

Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande emerges from an almost transcendent realm and creates a languorous atmosphere, even if it leaves some questions unanswered and realities unexplored.

****1

Love finds a balm for pain in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 13th June

Lydia Steier’s colourful production of Alcina in Basel was as much a lesson in conflict resolution as it was in the power of love.

***11

A noble case for civil disobedience

Sarah Batschelet, 28th April

Even forty years after its world première in Rotterdam, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s new production of Philip Glass’s three-act opera in Basel has particularly timely relevance.

*****

An elemental ancient ritual

Sarah Batschelet, 24th March

Based on the ancient tragedies by Aeschylus, Oresteia makes a great case for composer Iannis Xenakis’s concept of “total theatre”.

****1

Sexism and callousness in Theater Basel's Don Giovanni

Sarah Batschelet, 27th January

In Richard Jones' production of Don Giovanni at Theater Basel, it was the singers alone who stole the limelight.

***11

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Romain Daroles

Romain Daroles est né entre Gascogne et Armagnac, terre qui lui a transmis le goût des lettres, de la musique et de la bonne chère. Parallèlement à des études littéraires qui se solderont avec l’obtention d’un Master en Littératures Françaises à la Sorbonne, il approfondit sa formation théâtrale au Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique du 6e arrondissement de Paris, ainsi que sa passion pour l’opéra. Titulaire en 2016 d'un Bachelor Théâtre décerné par la Manufacture de Lausanne, il est comédien/metteur en scène et a joué sous la direction de François Gremaud, Marie Fourquet, Alain Borek ou Mathias Brossard.