Kang Wang makes a striking Opera Australia debut in La bohème

Von Chantal Nguyen, 03 Januar 2020

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“Musetta appears, looking like Marlene Dietrich channelling Madonna”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney, am 2 Januar 2020

Puccini, La bohème (Opera)

Opera Australia

Carlo Goldstein, Musikalische Leitung

Gale Edwards, Regie

Brian Thomson, Bühnenbild

Julie Lynch, Kostüme

Kang Wang, Rodolfo

Karah Son, Mimì

Samuel Dundas, Marcello

Julie Lea Goodwin, Musetta

Michael Lampard, Schaunard

Richard Anderson, Colline

Graeme Macfarlane, Benoît

Tom Hamilton, Alcindoro

Benjamin Rasheed, Parpignol

John Rayment, Licht

Liesel Badorrek, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Opera Australia Chorus

Opera Australia Orchestra

Terracinis Antwort für die Kritiker

Jeremy Eccles, 21st January

Hätte Großbritannien Spaß an The Rabbits? Denn so allegorisiert die neue, australische Familienoper die Briten der Kolonialzeit, die in diese herrenlose Welt Downunder kamen und die Existenz der australischen Ureinwohner leugnete - die in dieser Oper in Gestalt von Beuteltieren auftreten.

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Himmlische Latonia Moore in Aida

David Larkin, 27th March

Kamele, Feuerwerk und ein riesiger Kopf von Nefertiti: der Sydney Harbour-Inszenierung von Aida fehlt es nicht an Spektakel. Latonia Moore sticht in der Titelrolle heraus, mit guter Unterstützung von Miliaja Nikolic als Amneris und Michael Honeyman als Amonasro.

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Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Sandra Bowdler, 17th March

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.

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Humperdinck hobbled in Opera Australia revival

Jeremy Eccles, 27th January

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well.

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A psychological Turandot in Ann Yee's Opera Australia staging

Sandra Bowdler, 15th January

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent.

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Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Sandra Bowdler, 31st July

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.