Vick's new Magic Flute opens the Macerata festival

Von James Imam, 23 Juli 2018

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“Vick's is a generalised representation of the power of politics, business and religion”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Arena Sferisterio, Macerata, am 20 Juli 2018

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte

Daniel Cohen, Musikalische Leitung

Graham Vick, Regie

Stuart Nunn, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Giovanni Sala, Tamino

Valentina Mastrangelo, Pamina

Tetiana Zhuravel, Königin der Nacht

Guido Loconsolo, Papageno

Antonio Di Matteo, Sarastro

Lucrezia Drei, Erste Dame

Eleonora Cilli, Zweite Dame

Adriana di Paola, Dritte Dame

Marcell Bakonyi, Sprecher

Paola Leoci, Papagena

Manuel Pierattelli, Monostatos

Orchestra Regionale delle Marche

Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"

Elegischer Untergang eines Dichters: Tod in Venedig

Zenaida des Aubris, 19th March

Benjamin Brittens Tod in Venedig an der Deutschen Oper Berlin ist eine herausragende Neuproduktion von Graham Vick und Donald Runnicles.

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Juego de identidades en el Liceu: Un ballo in maschera

Maria Sánchez, 9th February

La última producción del tándem Vick-Spirei defiende una postura fluida entre géneros y convenciones; una puesta de escena bien calibrada por el temple verdiano de Riccardo Frizza.

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Keri-Lynn Wilson leads an irrepressible Lady Macbeth at the Met

Robert Levine, 29th September

Making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, the wife of Met GM Peter Gelb crushes any talk of nepotism at the downbeat.

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Embracing the unfinished: a compelling Zaide in Rome

Elena Luporini, 18th October

Graham Vick's new staging of Mozart's unfinished Singspiel marks a welcome, exciting reopening of Teatro Costanzi after the Covid-19 shutdown.

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The Queen is back: Semiramide in Pesaro

Laura Servidei, 14th August

Michele Mariotti triumphs in Rossini’s masterpiece with a good cast led by Salome Jicia and a new production, only partially successful.

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Korngold's Die tote Stadt at La Scala for the first time: a triumph

Renato Verga, 28th May

The wealth of visual images displayed by director Graham Vick goes with the extraordinary richness of Korngold's music.

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Graham Vick's new Magic Flute opens the Macerata Opera Festival