Rattle conducts a Jenůfa to sear the soul at the Staatsoper Berlin

Por Mark Valencia, 16 febrero 2021

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“vocally ruthless as the Kostelnička... a killer with a crucifix brooch that proclaims her hypocrisy”

Crítica hecha desde Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlín el 13 febrero 2021

Janáček, Jenůfa

Staatsoper Berlin

Sir Simon Rattle, Dirección

Damiano Michieletto, Dirección de escena

Paolo Fantin, Diseño de escena

Carla Teti, Diseño de vestuario

Alessandro Carletti, Diseño de iluminación

Camilla Nylund, Jenůfa

Evelyn Herlitzius, Kostelnička

Ladislav Elgr, Števa Buryja

Stuart Skelton, Laca Klemeň

Hanna Schwarz, Grandmother Buryjovka

Adriane Queiroz, Barena

David Oštrek, Mayor

Natalia Skrycka, Mayor's wife

Victoria Randem, Jano

Evelin Novak, Karolka

Jan Martiník, Stárek, Mill foreman

Staatsopernchor Berlin

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.