Once bitten, twice intrigued: Levsha

Von Charlotte Valori, 06 November 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Barbican Hall, London, am 4 November 2014

Shchedrin, Levsha "The Left-Hander"

Mariinsky Opera

Valery Gergiev, Musikalische Leitung

Andrei Popov, The Left-Hander

Kristina Alieva, The Flea

Maria Maksakova, Princess Charlotte

Andrei Spekhov, English Under-Skipper

Vladimir Moroz, Tsar Alexander I / Tsar Nikolai I

Eduard Tsanga, Ataman Platov

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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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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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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.

***11

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.

*****

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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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David Smythe, 15th August

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Once bitten, twice intrigued: Shchedrin's The Left-Hander (Levsha)