Performer: Craig Colclough

Tobias Kratzer inszeniert Verdis La forza del destino als schockierende und unbequeme Gesellschaftskritik.

Christoph Waltz setzt auf blanken Ernst statt Komik – doch ein gutes Solistenensemble, ein solides Orchester und ein Schachzug verhindern eine Falstaff-Enttäuschung.

Great singing and imaginative spectacle cannot turn an ambitious operatic premiere into a convincing whole. 

Lucas Meachem’s portrayal suggests a paraphrase of what another Hollywood Don Juan, Errol Flynn in 1949, said to his Leporello in excusing his escapades. “My dear friend, there’s a little bit of Don Giovanni in every man, and since I am Don Giovanni, there must be more of it in me!” 

A two-week Ralph Vaughan Williams retrospective closed with his gentle, folksy spin on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.

A strong cast and a masterclass in Wagnerian conducting from Jakub Hrůša complement David Alden’s disturbing staging.