Grotesque and gripping: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen unveils a new Salome

Thomas Blondelle (Herodes) and Astrid Kessler (Salome)

Astrid Kessler (Salome) and Kostas Smoriginas (Jochanaan)

Astrid Kessler (Salome), Angela Denoke (Herodias), Thomas Blondelle (Herodes) and ensemble

Thomas Blondelle (Herodes), Angela Denoke (Herodias) and Astrid Kessler (Salome)

Angela Denoke (Herodias), Thomas Blondelle (Herodes) and ensemble

Astrid Kessler (Salome) and Kostas Smoriginas (Jochanaan)

Von Mark Pullinger, 29 Dezember 2024

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“as the biblical debauchery climaxes... Salome's acolytes quaff Champagne and munch popcorn”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Antwerp, am 29 Dezember 2024

Strauss R., Salome

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Alejo Pérez, Musikalische Leitung

Ersan Mondtag, Regie, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Sascha Zauner, Licht

Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Astrid Kessler, Salome

Angela Denoke, Herodias

Florian Stern, Herodes

Kostas Smoriginas, Jochanaan

Denzil Delaere, Narraboth

Linsey Coppens, Herodias' Page, A slave

Reuben Mbonambi, Erster Nazarener, Cappadocian

Leander Carlier, Zweiter Nazarener

Igor Bakan, Erster Soldat

Marcel Brunner, Zweiter Soldat, Fünfter Jude

Daniel Arnaldos, Erster Jude

Hugo Kampschreur, Zweiter Jude

Timothy Veryser, Dritter Jude

Hyunduk Kim, Vierter Jude

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.

***11

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.

Grotesque and gripping: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen unveils a new Salome in Antwerp