Golden Cockerel as sharp political satire in Düsseldorf

Por Mark Pullinger, 16 abril 2016

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“Antonina Vesenina... rattles off Rimsky's sinuous chromatic twists and turns with ease”

Crítica hecha desde Opernhaus, Düsseldorf el 15 abril 2016

Rimsky-Korsakov, El gallo de oro (Zolotói Petushok)

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Axel Kober, Dirección

Dmitry Bertman, Dirección de escena

Ene-Liis Semper, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Eva Bodorová, Golden Cockerel

Antonina Vesenina, Queen of Shemakha

Renée Morloc, Amelfa

Cornel Frey, Astrologer

Corby Welch, Prince Guidon

Roman Hoza, Prince Afron

Sami Luttinen, General Polkan

Boris Statsenko, Tsar Dodon

Edwald Smirnov, Coreografía

Christoph Kurig, Dirección de coro

Hella Bartnig, Dramaturgia

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

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Elisabeth Stöppler inszeniert Tschaikowsky-Rarität als Charakterstudie statt Kriegstableau.

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Reality wants augmenting in Daniel Kramer's Die tote Stadt

Eleanor Knight, 16th April

What's a director to do while we wait for technology to catch up with the complexities of the human condition?

***11

Boris Blachers ausdrucksstarker Romeo und Julia in Duisburg

Michael Vieth, 17th April

Unter fast 40 Romeo-Vertonungen die wohl kürzeste: aus Blachers Komprimierung von Shakespeares Tragödienstoff zieht die Duisburger Neuinszenierung intensive Überzeugungskraft.

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Kunst als Widerstand: Der Kaiser von Atlantis in Düsseldorf

Alexandra Richter, 19th September

Die Deutsche Oper am Rhein inszeniert ein wichtiges Werk des in der NS-Zeit verfolgten Künstlers Viktor Ullmann.

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Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

Brian Angus, 17th May

What do you do when 80 tonnes of water flood your theatre, your sets and costumes? Rescue, reshape and present what you can. That’s what Deutsche Oper am Rhein have had to do in Duisburg.

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All the world's a stage: Xerxes as a comedy of backstage rivalry

Matthew Rye, 17th January

A revival of Stefan Herheim's production of Handel's Xerxes in Düsseldorf makes for a rip-roaring evening of theatrical comedy.

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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.

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