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

Von Aksel Tollåli, 20 April 2015

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The Opera House: Main Stage, Copenhagen, am 18 April 2015

Nielsen, Maskarade

Royal Danish Opera

Per-Otto Johansson, Musikalische Leitung

Kasper Holten, Regie

Marie í Dali, Bühnenbild

Sofie Elkjær Jensen, Leonora

Randi Stene, Magdelone

Tuva Semmingsen, Pernille

Jens Christian Tvilum, Arv

Gert Henning-Jensen, Leander

Bengt-Ola Morgny, Leonard

Henning von Schulman, Henrik

Petri Lindroos, Jeronimus

Königliche Kapelle Kopenhagen

Royal Danish Opera Chorus

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

The king is not well: Nielsen’s Saul og David

Aksel Tollåli, 17th April

The Royal Danish Opera's new production of Carl Nielsen's first opera Saul og David updates the action to the present-day Middle east and, while well-sung, comes off as overly simplistic.

**111

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

Aksel Tollåli, 20th November

Zombie clowns abound in Stefan Herheim's uncomfortably comical and upsetting Copenhagen production of Alban Berg's Lulu.

*****

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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.

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