Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside!: Jūrmala Festival opens

Von Alexander Hall, 24 Juli 2019

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Dzintari Concert Hall: Great Hall, Jūrmala, am 23 Juli 2019

Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchester, Op.34

Vivaldi, Die Vier Jahreszeiten: Concerto grosso in f-Moll „L'Inverno“ (Winter), RV297, Op.8 Nr.4

Ellington, New World A-Comin'

Márquez, Conga del Fuego Nuevo

Lehár, The Merry Widow: Lippen schweigen, 's flüstern Geigen

Žilinskis, The Golden Horse (excerpt)

Widor, Organ Symphony no. 5 in F minor (Allegro vivace)

Franck, Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18

Intars Busulis, Sänger

Iveta Apkalna, Orgel

Līga Gita Zīriņa, Sopran

Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Tenor

Vestards Šimkus, Klavier

Latvia's Youth Symphony Orchestra

Kārlis Gusts Zariņš, Klavier

Die Wiener Tosca: auch mit der „Zweitbesetzung “ erstklassig

Snapdragon, 11th May

Selbst bei kurzfristigen Absagen weiß es die Staatsoper einen „gewöhnlichen“ Repertoireabend zum Glänzen zu bringen.

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Monumentale Frauenfigur

Benedikt Zacher, 4th March

Jürgen Roses Regiekonzept für die Bayerische Staatsoper polarisierte bereits bei der Premiere vor zehn Jahren, doch eine bemerkenswerte Norma lässt alles andere vergessen.

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Passionsspiele: Michieletto verwebt Cav'n'Pag

Mark Pullinger, 3rd December

Eine packende Doppelvorstellung von „Cav'n'Pag“ des italienischen Regisseurs Damiano Michieletto in Covent Garden mit einigen überraschenden Gastauftritten.

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A rustic Cavelleria rusticana at the Jūrmala Festival

Alexander Hall, 26th July

Mascagni's stirring music and gripping storyline cast their spell over a festival audience at the edge of the Baltic Sea.

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Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Otello at the Staatsoper

Chanda VanderHart, 20th June

During the “Salce” and “Ave Maria” in Act Four Bezsmertna turned this to magical effect, thinning out and floating her shimmering soprano into gossamer threads.

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A tale of many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at ROH

David Karlin, 13th January

Herheim places the composer at the centre of his opera in a staging that's clever and erudite but somewhat cold; musical performances are mixed.

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.