Send in the clowns: Stefan Herheim’s Lulu in Copenhagen

Von Aksel Tollåli, 22 November 2014

Laden, bitte warten...

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“Herheim’s production... constantly balances the grotesquely comical and the deeply tragic”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The Opera House: Main Stage, Copenhagen, am 20 November 2014

Berg, Lulu

Royal Danish Opera

Michael Boder, Musikalische Leitung

Stefan Herheim, Regie

Gesine Völlm, Kostüme

Heike Scheele, Bühnenbild

Sine Bundgaard, Lulu

Randi Stene, Gräfin Geschwitz

Tuva Semmingsen, Gymnasiast, Garderobiere

Gert Henning-Jensen, Maler

Ralf Lukas, Dr. Schön / Jack the Ripper

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Copenhagen

David Karlin, 6th October

Anthony Almeida and Rosanna Vize's deconstructed ghostly country house provides plenty of tension; fine vocal qualities are marred by poor intelligibility.

***11

Tito désabusé dans le spectacle de Jetske Mijnssen à Copenhague

Irma Foletti, 13th September

Une distribution vocale de très bon niveau, un orchestre en excellente forme, une mise en scène convaincante : la nouvelle production de l'opus mozartien à l'Opéra royal du Danemark est une réussite.

****1

L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Irma Foletti, 12th September

Si la direction musicale de Paolo Carignani, l'orchestre et les chœurs impressionnent, l'ensemble de la production est plombé par une mise en scène caricaturale, tandis que la distribution laisse une impression mitigée.

**111

The other Lulu: a Danish rarity in Copenhagen

Aksel Tollåli, 4th February

Dénise Beck shines as the Princess Sidi in the Royal Danish Opera's production of Friedrich Kuhlau's Lulu, receiving its first performances in 180 years.

***11

Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade: Love in the time of selfies

Aksel Tollåli, 18th April

Kasper Holten's production of Carl Nielsen's delightful comedy Maskarade delights in Copenhagen.

***11

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.