Diana Damrau et Xavier De Maistre à Genève

By Thomas Muller, 17 February 2016

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“Le public restera conquis longtemps par le beau médium, les aigus faciles et étincelants”

Reviewed at L'Opéra des Nations, Geneva on 16 February 2016

Works by Strauss R.

Works by Liszt

Smetana, Má vlast: Vltava (The Moldau) (transcription pour harpe)

Dvořák, Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs) on poems by A. Heyduk, Op.55

Diana Damrau, Soprano

Xavier de Maistre, Harp

A Rosenkavalier in vivid hues opens the Zurich Opera season

Laura Servidei, 21st September

Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ masterpiece to open Zurich Opera’s first premiere under the new artistic direction – a triumphant success.

****1

Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch in Berlin recital

Elena Luporini, 30th June

Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch's European tour reaches Berlin with a heart-on-sleeve programme of Lieder by Strauss and Mahler.

***11

All play and no work: an exuberant Figaro in Munich

Orsolya Gyárfás, 17th July

Evgeny Titov's new production is heavy on the jokes and light in substance, but delights anyway thanks to its high-class cast.

****1

Waltzing masks and masquerades in Kosky’s new Fledermaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd December

Expect sequins and swinging chandeliers in the Australian director's new Fledermaus at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

****1

Successful debuts for Damrau and Deshayes in Zürich's Anna Bolena

Laura Servidei, 5th December

A great cast in Zurich, under the inspired baton of Enrique Mazzola, although David Alden's new production does not completely convince.

****1

Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu

John Marten Barnard, 10th March

Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in concert in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is enthusiastically conducted by Daniel Oren.

****1

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Thomas Muller

Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.

Diana Damrau et Xavier De Maistre, un duo de choc, Strauss n’y a pas résisté!