The Mariinsky at Edinburgh serve up near-perfect Strauss

Von David Karlin, 07 September 2011

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, am 2 September 2011

Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten

Mariinsky Opera

Valery Gergiev, Direktor

Jonathan Kent, Regie

Tim Mitchell, Licht

Paul Brown, Bühnenbild

Elena Nebera, Empress

Avgust Amonov, Emperor

Nikolai Putilin, Barak, the Dyer

Ekaterina Popova, Barak the Dyer's Wife

Elena Vitman, Nurse

Gergiev et le Mariinsky touchent le Graal : Parsifal à la Philharmonie

Tristan Labouret, 22nd September

Sous la direction frémissante de Valery Gergiev, les troupes du Théâtre Mariinsky se sont surpassées dans l'œuvre de Wagner. Yulia Matochkina a marqué les esprits en Kundry.

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Le Mariinsky à la Philharmonie : Iolanta plus russe que jamais

Clara Leonardi, 21st September

Une Iolanta plus candide que jamais, un orchestre du Mariinsky lumineux dirigé par un Gergiev imaginatif : l'opéra de Tchaïkovski couronne en beauté le week-end Saint-Pétersbourg de la Philharmonie de Paris.

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The epitome of Russianness: Boris Godunov at the Mariinsky

David Karlin, 20th June

In Tarkovsky's venerable production, the Mariinsky orchestra and chorus are brilliant – but too brilliant for their soloists, including two replacement Borises for an indisposed Mikhail Petrenko.

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Intoxicating, mystic, sacred, profane

David Karlin, 19th June

Rodion Shchedrin's opera mixes singing, choreography and storytelling to lend a potent sacred and mystic overlay to Nikolai Leskov's folk tale.

*****

Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky

David Karlin, 18th June

Isabelle Patriot-Pieri's new production is a quirky mix of traditional and the opposite; Netrebko shows her star quality; Eyvasov impresses.

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Mariinsky Rheingold a promising start to EIF Ring

David Smythe, 15th August

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Opera in a vocally strong Das Rheingold, a promising beginning to Edinburgh International Festival’s Ring in concert over the coming years.

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.