Eugène Onéguine au Komische Oper de Berlin : un grand Barrie Kosky !

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 21 February 2022

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“Tout est superbement pensé et parfaitement en phase avec la musique”

Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 19 February 2022

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin

Komische Oper Berlin

Ainārs Rubiķis, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin

Günter Papendell, Eugene Onegin

Ruzan Mantashyan, Tatyana

Deniz Uzun, Olga

Aleš Briscein, Lensky

Tijl Faveyts, Prince Gremin

Stefanie Schaefer, Madame Larina

Margarita Nekrasova, Filippyevna

Christoph Späth, Monsieur Triquet

Changdai Park, Zaretsky

Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 28th March

The Baroque confectionery of Herbert Fritsch's production of Handel's oratorio belies a serious core which is all too close to today's headlines.

****1

Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Zenaida des Aubris, 31st January

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

Zenaida des Aubris, 22nd November

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

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd March

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

Elena Luporini, 17th November

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

**111

Kirill Serebrennikov’s Marriage of Figaro challenges Edinburgh

David Smythe, 16th August

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.

****1

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.