Miracle in a wasteland: Das Wunder der Heliane

Von John Johnston, 02 Oktober 2017

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“Ausrine Stundyte sang a transcendent performance surmounting the vocal demands mesmerisingly”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Antwerp, am 1 Oktober 2017

Korngold, Das Wunder der Heliane

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Alexander Joel, Musikalische Leitung

David Bösch, Regie

Christof Hetzer, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Aušrinė Stundytė, Heliane

Tómas Tómasson, Herrscher (Ruler)

Ian Storey, Fremder (Stranger)

Natascha Petrinsky, Botin (Messenger)

Markus Suihkonen, Pförtner (Doorman)

Denzil Delaere, Blinder Schwertrichter (Blind Judge)

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John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.

Miracle in a wasteland: Das Wunder der Heliane returns to Flanders