Melbourne Carmen a feast of style and substance

Von Patricia Maunder, 08 Mai 2017

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“from golden notes of love to the velvety darkness of her lower register”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, Melbourne, am 6 Mai 2017

Bizet, Carmen

Opera Australia

Guillaume Tourniaire, Musikalische Leitung

John Bell, Regie

Michael Scott-Mitchell, Bühnenbild

Teresa Negroponte, Kostüme

Rinat Shaham, Carmen

Dmytro Popov, Don José

Shane Lowrencev, Escamillo

Stacey Alleaume, Micaëla

Adrian Tamburini, Zuniga

Christopher Hillier, Moralès

Jane Ede, Frasquita

Sian Sharp, Mercédès

Luke Gabbedy, Le Dancaïre

Benjamin Rasheed, Le Remendado

Roger Press, 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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Patricia Maunder

Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist for more than 20 years, contributing to publications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK including The Sydney Morning Herald and Opera magazine. She is based in Melbourne, but considers Montreal her 'other' hometown after living there in 2012-16. For more about Patricia, visit her website.