An underwhelming Madama Butterfly in Sydney

Sian Sharp (Suzuki) and Sae-Kyung Rim (Cio-Cio-San)

Sae-Kyung Rim (Cio-Cio-San)

Michael Honeyman (Sharpless), Sae-Kyung Rim (Cio-Cio-San) and Jane Ede (Kate Pinkerton)

Michael Honeyman (Sharpless) and Diego Torre (Pinkerton)

Von Zoltán Szabó, 30 Juni 2022

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“Sae-Kyung Rim in her OA debut... had complete control over the role technically”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney, am 29 Juni 2022

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Opera Australia

Carlo Montanaro, Musikalische Leitung

Graeme Murphy, Regie

Michael Scott-Mitchell, Bühnenbild

Jennifer Irwin, Kostüme

Damien Cooper, Licht

Opera Australia Orchestra

Opera Australia Chorus

Shane Placentino, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Sean Nieuwenhuis, Digital content

Sae-Kyung Rim, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Sian Sharp, Suzuki

Diego Torre, Pinkerton

Thomas Strong, Pinkerton

Michael Honeyman, Sharpless

Virgilio Marino, Goro

Kiran Rajasingam, Fürst Yamadori

David Parkin, Onkel Bonze

Jane Ede, Kate Pinkerton

Alexander Hargreaves, Kaiserlicher Kommissar

Gregory Brown, Standesbeamter

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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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Waiting for the robins to nest again: an underwhelming Madama Butterfly in Sydney