A powerful gale of sound in Budapest's Dutchman

Por Michael Roddy, 09 junio 2018

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Crítica hecha desde Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest el 8 junio 2018

Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (El holandés errante)

Michael Boder, Dirección

Balázs Kovalik, Dirección de escena

Péter Horgas, Diseño de escena

Mari Benedek, Diseño de vestuario

John Lundgren, Dutchman

Elisabet Strid, Senta

Liang Li, Daland

Ric Furman, Erik

Bernadett Wiedemann, Mary

Franz Gürtelschmied, The Steersman

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian Radio Choir

Hungarian National Choir

Ádám Fischer, Dirección artística

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Hasse’s Artaserse in Munich was a pasticcio using music from that work to tell the story of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and to celebrate of Anja Silja.

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.