No salvation: Budapest Don Carlo paints a dark picture of humanity

Von Ako Imamura, 21 Februar 2021

Laden, bitte warten...

“Uruguayan tenor Gaston Rivero... displayed a strong ringing voice and endless stamina”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest, am 20 Februar 2021

Verdi, Don Carlo(s)

Hungarian State Opera

Balázs Kocsár, Musikalische Leitung

Frank Hilbrich, Regie

Volker Thiele, Bühnenbild

Gabriele Rupprecht, Kostüme

Gábor Bretz, Filippo II

Gaston Rivero, Don Carlo

Csaba Szegedi, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

András Palerdi, Il Grande Inquisitore

Zsuzsanna Ádám, Elisabetta di Valois

Erika Gál, La Principessa Eboli

Géza Gábor, Un frate

Melinda Heiter, Tebaldo

Eszter Zemlényi, Una voce dal cielo

József Mukk, Il Conte di Lerma

Hungarian State Opera Chorus

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Ambrogio Maestri gibt Budapester Falstaff Auftrieb

David Karlin, 22nd May

Der große Mann im Fettanzug dominiert die Show und gibt dem Falstaff der Ungarischen Staatsoper Elan und Lebensfreude.

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Glänzende Turandot an der Ungarischen Staatsoper

Jenny Camilleri, 30th January

Aufregend dirigiert und überwiegend gut gesungen sollte diese üppige aber schnörkellose Turandot sowohl Traditionalisten und abenteuerlustige Operngänger erfreuen.

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All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Orsolya Gyárfás, 16th November

Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.

**111

A thrilling, opulent La Bayadère at Hungarian National Ballet

Gianmarco Segato, 14th June

Hungarian National Ballet's La Bayadère revitalizes tradition with a new reconstruction of its forgotten final act.

*****

Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest

Gianmarco Segato, 11th June

Hungarian State Opera's cut-down, dramatically inert Gioconda fails to ignite the stage in Budapest, despite a solid musical foundation.

***11

Stumbling towards the chopping block: Maria Stuarda in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 14th May

Martin Rajna's energetic conducting and Gabriella Balga's glorious Elisabetta are the bright spots in this flashy but empty house premiere of Donizetti's classic.

**111

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Ako Imamura

Atsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to ﬁnance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.

A cruel world with no salvation: Don Carlo in Budapest paints a dark picture of humanity