Rewriting Rimsky: a dismal Sadko in Ghent

Zurab Zurabishvili (Sadko)

Evgeny Solodovnikov (Duda), Zurab Zurabishvili (Sadko) and Michael J Scott (Sopel)

Zurab Zurabishvili (Sadko), Betsy Horne (Volkhova) and Chorus

Zurab Zurabishvili (Sadko) and Victoria Yarovaya (Lyubava)

Anatoli Kotscherga (Sea King), Zurab Zurabishvili (Sadko) and Betsy Horne (Volkhova)

Von Mark Pullinger, 21 Juni 2017

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“there isn't a whiff of the sea in this most nautical of operas”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Opera Vlaanderen, Ghent, Ghent, am 20 Juni 2017

Rimsky-Korsakow, Sadko

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Dmitri Jurowski, Musikalische Leitung

Daniel Kramer, Regie

Annette Murschetz, Bühnenbild

Constance Hoffman, Kostüme

Zurab Zurabishvili, Sadko

Betsy Horne, Volkhova

Victoria Yarovaya, Lyubava Buslayevna

Anatoli Kotscherga, King of the Ocean

Raehann Bryce-Davis, Nezhata

Tijl Faveyts, Viking merchant

Adam Smith, Hindu merchant

Pavel Yankovsky, Venetian merchant

Stephan Adriaens, Foma Nazarich

Patrick Cromheeke, Luka Zinovich

Michael J. Scott, Sopel

Evgeny Solodovnikov, Duda

Koor Opera Vlaanderen

Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Kein großes Opernkino bei Falstaff in Flandern

Jens Klier, 29th December

Christoph Waltz setzt auf blanken Ernst statt Komik – doch ein gutes Solistenensemble, ein solides Orchester und ein Schachzug verhindern eine Falstaff-Enttäuschung.

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Rites in Antwerp: a towering triple bill for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 17th January

In Rites, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen confirm its status as a leading contemporary dance company with a formidable triple bill, technically demanding for both dancers and orchestra.

****1

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s Parsifal: digital drama, celestial singing

Simon Thompson, 14th October

Digital projections make Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s Parsifal seem alienating and strange, but the singing is terrific and the orchestra sounds sensational.

***11

A powerhouse: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Shechter’s Grand Finale

Deborah Weiss, 26th September

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen powers its way through an exciting revamp of Hofesh Shechter’s inimitable Grand Finale.

****1

L'Opera Ballet Vlaanderen à La Villette, et la musique prend corps

Julie Jozwiak, 24th April

Cinq pièces de trois chorégraphes majeurs de notre temps (Trisha Brown, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Jan Martens) étaient rassemblées dans le passionnant programme du ballet belge.

****1

Marcos Morau’s Romeo + Juliet: lessons in volatility

Deborah Weiss, 3rd April

An unconventional dance take on Prokofiev's ubiquitous ballet for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp is not for the faint-hearted.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Rewriting Rimsky: Daniel Kramer directs a dismal Sadko in Ghent