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Wien

12 Okt 2022

Am Puls der Zeit: Jenůfa an der Wiener Staatsoper

Von Snapdragon

Leipzig

Deutsche Geschichte für Reingefallene: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Leipzig

Von Alexandra Richter, 23 Oktober 2021

David Pountneys Meistersinger enttäuschen mit einer an Geschichtsverständnis mangelnden und trägen Inszenierung, die aber immerhin stimmliche Glanzmomente liefert.

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Leipzig

23 Okt 2021

Deutsche Geschichte für Reingefallene: neue Meistersinger in Leipzig

Von Alexandra Richter

Wien

Jenůfas Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert!

Von Isabella Steppan, 10 April 2016

Im Janáček’schen Familien- und Beziehungschaos glänzten Dirigent Ingo Metzmacher und das Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper.

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Wien

10 Apr 2016

Jenůfas Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert!

Von Isabella Steppan

Wendeltreppen und Planschbecken: Pelléas et Mélisande von der Welsh National Opera*

Von Simon Rees, 29 Mai 2015

Mélisande als Lulu in David Pountneys unbefriedigender Inszenierung von Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande für die Welsh National Opera.

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Cardiff

29 Mai 2015

Pelléas et Mélisande

Von Simon Rees

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Madrid

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 24 März 2024

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla manejó con equilibrio sonoro tanto la orquesta como el escenario y dio vida a las demandas emocionales de la magnífica obra de Weinberg.

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Madrid

24 Mär 2024

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

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Leeds

A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might at Opera North

Von Richard Wilcocks, 06 Oktober 2023

Sir David Pountney directs a satirical take on dictatorship and the climate crisis inventively set to the music of Purcell.

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Leeds

06 Okt 2023

A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might

Von Richard Wilcocks

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West Horsley

Taking the Pils: Grange Park Opera proves that rare Janáček is no small beer

Von Matthew Rye, 26 Juni 2022

Janáček’s satirical opera The Excursions of Mr Brouček may not be among his greatest dramatic works, yet it earns its place in the limelight for its musical, visual and dramatic wit at Grange Park Opera.

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West Horsley

26 Jun 2022

Taking the Pils: Pountney proves that rare Janáček is no small beer

Von Matthew Rye

Welsh National Opera tackles Les Vêpres siciliennes but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Von Mark Pullinger, 08 Februar 2020

David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint.

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Cardiff

08 Feb 2020

WNO tackles Vêpres but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Von Mark Pullinger

War and Peace: Welsh National Opera comes to London to parade its wares

Von Mark Valencia, 23 Juli 2019

It’s a small miracle that the production has been recreated so well in such a short time frame.

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London

23 Jul 2019

War and Peace: WNO comes to London to parade its wares

Von Mark Valencia

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging by David Pountney for WNO

Von Mark Valencia, 09 Februar 2019

Musically, WNO gets it right. Straightforward brilliance is the order of the day, and plenty of it.

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Cardiff

09 Feb 2019

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging at WNO

Von Mark Valencia

Milling’s powerful Hagen drives a dramatic Royal Opera Götterdämmerung

Von David Karlin, 01 Oktober 2018

A standout performance from Stephen Milling complements all-round excellence of cast to provide a satisfying end to the Covent Garden Ring.

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London

01 Okt 2018

Milling drives a dramatic Royal Opera Götterdämmerung

Von David Karlin

A fantastic tale, an outstanding cast: Siegfried at the Royal Opera

Von David Karlin, 29 September 2018

Wagner's storytelling shines brightly with the aid of a cast well out of the ordinary. Vinke, Stemme, Siegel and Lundgren make part 3 of The Ring an unforgettable evening of opera.

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London

29 Sep 2018

A fantastic tale, an outstanding cast: Siegfried at ROH

Von David Karlin

Skelton and Anger set the scene for Stemme in Covent Garden's superb Walküre

Von David Karlin, 26 September 2018

We start with a triumphant Royal Opera debut from Stuart Skelton, we close with Nina Stemme at her finest; a thrilling orchestral performance links the two. A memorable Walküre.

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London

26 Sep 2018

Skelton and Anger set the scene for a superb Walküre

Von David Karlin

The assault on Valhalla begins: Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera

Von David Karlin, 24 September 2018

Antonio Pappano and the Royal Opera Orchestra get the Ring cycle off to a blazing start; unusually, it's Lise Davidsen and the female cast who take the vocal honours.

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London

24 Sep 2018

The assault on Valhalla begins: Das Rheingold at ROH

Von David Karlin

Ferocious intensity: David Pountney's new War and Peace at Welsh National Opera

Von Rohan Shotton, 15 September 2018

WNO make a compelling case for Prokofiev's gargantuan War and Peace.

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Cardiff

15 Sep 2018

Ferocious intensity: Pountney's new War and Peace at WNO

Von Rohan Shotton

Mailand

Breaking with Verismo: Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini returns to La Scala

Von Renato Verga, 15 April 2018

The use in the score of ancient musical instruments is what differentiates this work: pifferi, a lute, a “viola pomposa” give this work a distinctive flavour.

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Mailand

15 Apr 2018

Francesca da Rimini returns to La Scala

Von Renato Verga

Naples

From darkness to light for Rossini's Mosè in Egitto in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 15 März 2018

David Pountney’s 2014 staging was revived in Naples with good singing and empathetic conducting.

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Naples

15 Mär 2018

From darkness to light: Mosè in Egitto in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Hong Kong

Luminous performances lift heavy-metal staging of Pelléas et Mélisande

Von Carla Escoda, 15 März 2018

Stellar voices and orcheatra and some inspired staging choices elevate an otherwise heavy-handed production of Pelléas et Mélisande from the WNO at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

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Hong Kong

15 Mär 2018

Luminous performances lift heavy-metal Pelléas

Von Carla Escoda

Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Von Mark Pullinger, 02 Februar 2018

When the entire plot is triggered by a freak accident, you can't blame director David Pountney for making Fate itself one of the key characters.

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Cardiff

02 Feb 2018

Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Von Mark Pullinger

Chicago

David Pountney's riveting Walküre opens at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Von Katherine Syer, 05 November 2017

David Pountney's new production of Die Walküre for the Lyric Opera of Chicago incisively charts the tectonic shift of control over the future from Wotan to Brünnhilde.

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Chicago

05 Nov 2017

Pountney's riveting Walküre in Chicago

Von Katherine Syer

Zürich

Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beauty

Von Sarah Batschelet, 07 Juni 2017

That both the lead and a second key role were ill and couldn’t sing did not bode well, yet this performance of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera shook up the house nonetheless.

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Zürich

07 Jun 2017

Verdi’s Ballo in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beauty

Von Sarah Batschelet

Chicago

Perplexing staging not enough to derail a gloriously sung Rheingold at Lyric Opera

Von Sam Jacobson, 01 Oktober 2016

In spite of some questionable staging, Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its Ring cycle on a strong note with a stellar cast, notably featuring Eric Owens’ role debut as Wotan.

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Chicago

01 Okt 2016

A gloriously sung Rheingold at Lyric Opera

Von Sam Jacobson

Geneva

David Pountney's distinctive Guillaume Tell takes aim in Geneva

Von Elodie Olson-Coons, 11 September 2015

A striking staging of Rossini's Guillaume Tell at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva: well cast, beautifully sung and impeccably choreographed.

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Geneva

11 Sep 2015

Guillaume Tell takes aim in Geneva

Von Elodie Olson-Coons

Chicago

Weinberg's The Passenger only partially successful at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Von Dan Wang, 04 März 2015

David Pountney's production of Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger travels to Chicago.

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Chicago

04 Mär 2015

Weinberg's The Passenger only partially successful

Von Dan Wang

Zürich

Die Frau ohne Schatten: a Strauss extravaganza in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 27 November 2014

Zurich’s Opera House takes on Die Frau ohne Schatten, one of Richard Strauss’ most convoluted and technically demanding works.

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Zürich

27 Nov 2014

“Oh world within the world!”: FroSch in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Marc Chagall inspires a new production of Mosè in Egitto

Von Simon Rees, 03 Oktober 2014

A colour-coded Mosè in Egitto uses the paintings of Marc Chagall to inspire the costumes for the Jews and the Egyptians in this production of a Rossinian rarity.

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Cardiff

03 Okt 2014

A Marc Chagall inspired Mosè in Egitto

Von Simon Rees

Rossini's William Tell in fifty shades of grey

Von Simon Rees, 12 September 2014

Welsh National Opera's new production of Rossini's William Tell shows off orchestra and chorus to their full under Carlo Rizzi's baton

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