Péter Eötvös: music for martyrs in Budapest

Por Alexandra Ivanoff, 30 enero 2017

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“Zhuravel was stunning in her total command of a stratospheric tessitura”

Crítica hecha desde Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest el 27 enero 2017

Eötvös, Love and Other Demons (Budapest version, Hungarian première)

Hungarian State Opera

Peter Eötvös, Dirección

Silviu Purcărete, Dirección de escena

Helmut Stürmer, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Tetiana Zhuravel, Sierva María

Gergely Boncsér, Abrenuncio

István Kovácsházi, Don Ygnacio

Zsolt Haja, Father Delaura

Bernadett Fodor, Dominga

Jovita Vaškevičiūtė, Dominga

Andrea Meláth, Josefa Miranda

Éva Balatoni, Martina Laborde, an insane woman

Krisztián Cser, Don Toribio

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Jerry Skelton, Diseño de iluminación

Rares Zaharia, Director de reposición

Andu Dumitrescu, Videoarte

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

Hungarian National Ballet: a tremendously witty Merry Widow

Deborah Weiss, 12th February

Hungarian National Ballet strike a delightful balance between lighthearted comedy and technical assurance in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow.

****1

A promising class: 6th Éva Marton Competition grand final

Orsolya Gyárfás, 7th September

In its tenth year and going strong, the biennial Éva Marton International Singing Competition fields an even level of talent in an entertaining finale.

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Alexandra Ivanoff

Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.

Péter Eötvös' Love and other demons: music for martyrs in Budapest