Performer: Ilhun Jung

Es gab zwar widersprüchliche visuelle Aspekte in dieser Inszenierung von Bizets Carmen in der Dresdner Semperoper, aber es war eine erfreuliche Vorstellung, und wenn schon keine Augen-, dann sicherlich eine Ohrenweide.

The genre of semi-opera is a peculiarly British one. Emerging from the courtly Masques during the restoration, the semi-opera served as an English operatic utterance, at a time where opera was emerging as one of the pre-eminent theatrical forms in Europe.

Dating from 2008, the Semperoper’s current production of Rigoletto is quite intriguing. It’s set in what appears to be a swanky 21st-century Berlin apartment – industrial, sparse and effortlessly cool – and in many ways this is an interesting choice.