Stellar Lost in the Stars at Glimmerglass Festival

Von Gale Martin, 06 August 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, am 3 August 2012

Weill, Lost in the Stars

Cape Town Opera

John DeMain, Musikalische Leitung

Tazewell Thompson, Regie

Eric Owens, Stephen Kumalo

Sean Panikkar, Leader

Wynn Harmon, Schauspiel

Brandy Lynn Hawkins, Mezzosopran

Amos Nomnabo, Bariton

Makudupanyane Senaoana, Tenor

Chrystal E Williams, Mezzosopran

Caleb McLaughlin, Sänger

Mal was Anderes: Salome in Kapstadt

Freya Apffelstaedt, 17th March

Kapstadt wagt den lohnenden Blick über den Tellerrand des Belcanto und zeigt eine Salome von begeisternder gesanglicher Leistung.

****1

An entertaining Mandela Trilogy

Andrew Larkin, 14th September

Good singing, incisive production and colourful choreography in The Mandela Trilogy make for many entertaining moments though inherent flaws in libretto and music fail to make it a satisfying, coherent whole.

***11

Postales desde Soweto

Juan José Freijo, 10th June

La Ópera de Ciudad de Cabo trae a Madrid una versión sin demasiadas sutilezas pero rebosante de movimiento, energía y pasión.

***11

Cape Town Opera: Mandela Trilogy at Wales Millenium Centre

Verity Quaite, 20th June

Whatever I was expecting from the European première of Mandela Trilogy, a musical tribute to the life of the iconic Nelson Mandela, it certainly wasn’t humour. Yet it is to writer and director Michael Williams’ credit that he has managed to convey what could have been extremely tense and serious subject matter with vibrancy and flair.

***11

Blue in Amsterdam: aktueller kann Oper nicht sein!

Michael Klier, 7th November

Das außergewöhnlich gute Sängerensemble trägt diese aussagekräftige Opernvorstellung bei ihrer europäischen Premiere.

****1

African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee

Erica Miner, 12th October

A world premiere opera about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the intrepid troupe of African American singers who changed music history.

*****

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Gale Martin

Based on the East Coast, Gale is an award-winning writer on the performing arts, books, literature and popular culture. She has just published Don Juan in Hankey and you can read her Operatoonity blog. Her articles have appeared in numerous anthologies.