À l’Opéra Comique, La Flûte Enchantée fait un carto(o)n

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 11 November 2017

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“Le résultat est assez bluffant”

Reviewed at Opéra Comique, Paris on 9 November 2017

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Komische Oper Berlin

Kevin John Edusei, Conductor

Suzanne Andrade, Director

Esther Bialas, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Nadja Mchantaf, Pamina

Vera-Lotte Boecker, Pamina

Kim-Lillian Strebel, Pamina

Tansel Akzeybek, Tamino

Adrian Strooper, Tamino

Christina Poulitsi, Queen of the Night

Olga Pudova, Queen of the Night

Zhang Wen Wei, Sarastro

Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Sarastro

Dominik Köninger, Papageno

Richard Sveda, Papageno

Martha Eason, Papagena

Nina Bernsteiner, First Lady

Inga-Britt Andersson, First Lady

Gemma Coma-Alabert, Second Lady

Katarzyna Włodarczyk, Second Lady

Timothy Richards, First Armoured Man

Philipp Meierhöfer, Second Armoured Man

Alexei Botnarciuc, Second Armoured Man

Karolina Sikora, Third Lady

Ivan Turšić, Monostatos

Barrie Kosky, Director

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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

Kosky's Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will at Komische Oper

Elena Luporini, 22nd March

It takes two to tango... but what about vaudeville? A rerun of Barrie Kosky's production of Oscar Straus' Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will owes most of its charm to the two leads.

***11

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Jean-Marc Piriou

Diplômé de l’École Centrale Paris et titulaire d’un Doctorat en Biophysique Moléculaire, Jean-Marc occupe différentes fonctions dans le secteur de l’environnement. Passionné de musique depuis l’enfance, il étudie le saxophone, le piano, puis se forme au chant lyrique (ténor). S’il s’intéresse à tous les styles et toutes les formes de musique, l’opéra est sa grande passion.