Iconic Turandot production returns to Opera Australia

Von Zoltán Szabó, 15 Januar 2022

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“Renato Palumbo conducted his musicians, singers and soloists with empathy and an assured focus”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney, am 12 Januar 2022

Puccini, Turandot

Opera Australia

Renato Palumbo, Musikalische Leitung

Leonardo Sini, Musikalische Leitung

Graeme Murphy, Regie

Kristian Fredrikson, Bühnenbild

John Drummond Montgomery, Licht

Opera Australia Orchestra

Opera Australia Chorus

Shane Placentino, Regie

Karah Son, Liù

Mariana Hong, Liù

Lise Lindstrom, Turandot

Anna-Louise Cole, Turandot

Yonghoon Lee, Der unbekannte Prinz (Kalaf)

Ivan Gyngazov, Der unbekannte Prinz (Kalaf)

David Parkin, Timur

Dean Bassett, Kaiser Altoum, The Prince of Persia

Iain Henderson, Pang

Virgilio Marino, Pong

Alexander Sefton, Mandarin

Luke Gabbedy, Ping

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.

***11

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.

***11

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.

****1

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.

***11

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.

****1

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

****1

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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.

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