2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-02-07UTC12:16:07+00:002018-02-06With a plethora of theatre seats, stools and benches it was as if Willy Decker and Wolfgang Gussman had been elected ‘Chair-men of the bored”.Götterdämmerung splutters to a tepid conclusion in Dresdenen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-gotterdammerung-decker-thielemann-schager-lang-semperoper-dresden-february-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJonathan Sutherlandhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18167https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18167https://bachtrack.com/files/24575-j_sutherland_300_profile_pic.jpgJonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.https://bachtrack.com/files/76201-goetterdaemmerung-andreas-schager--siegfried---petra-lang--brunnhilde--c-klaus-gigga-ii-161-resized.jpg510340Andreas Schager (Siegfried) and Petra Lang (Brünnhilde)Klaus Gigga2018-Jan-20, Semperoper: Götterdämmerunghttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/semperoper/gotterdammerung/20-january-2018/16-002018-01-202018-02-04SemperoperDresdenSaxonyGermany01067Theaterplatz 251.054259819621513.7354475259781https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/Goetterdaemmerung0/10011.html#a_25838?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/40686-dresden-logo.png3
Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra are let down by sub-optimal singers in Willy Deckers chair-laden production of Die Walküre.
2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-02-01UTC23:34:47+00:002018-02-01Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra are let down by sub-optimal singers in Willy Deckers chair-laden production of Die Walküre. Valkyries scramble over theatre seats as Semperoper Dresden's Ring advancesen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-walkure-decker-thielemann-kowaljow-lang-semperoper-dresden-january-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJonathan Sutherlandhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18167https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18167https://bachtrack.com/files/24575-j_sutherland_300_profile_pic.jpgJonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.https://bachtrack.com/files/75811-die-walkuere-vitalij-kowaljow--wotan---petra-lang--brunnhilde--c-klaus-gigga-resized.jpg510340Vitalij Kowaljow (Wotan) and Petra Lang (Brünnhilde)Klaus Gigga2018-Jan-14, Semperoper: Die Walkürehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/semperoper/die-walkure/14-january-2018/16-002018-01-142018-01-30SemperoperDresdenSaxonyGermany01067Theaterplatz 251.054259819621513.7354475259781https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/walkuere/60552.html#a_25820?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/40686-dresden-logo.png3
2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-02-01UTC12:43:40+00:002018-01-31Wagner demands vocal resilience from the large cast of singers in Das Rheingold, but Willy Decker wants strong thigh muscles as well.All hands on Decker for Das Rheingold in Dresdenen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-rheingold-decker-kowaljow-dohmen-thielemann-semperoper-dresden-january-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJonathan Sutherlandhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18167https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18167https://bachtrack.com/files/24575-j_sutherland_300_profile_pic.jpgJonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.https://bachtrack.com/files/75788-rheingold-albert-dohmen--alberich--c-klaus-gigga.jpg510340Albert Dohmen (Alberich)Klaus Gigga2018-Jan-13, Semperoper: Das Rheingoldhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/semperoper/das-rheingold/13-january-2018/18-002018-01-132018-01-29SemperoperDresdenSaxonyGermany01067Theaterplatz 251.054259819621513.7354475259781https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/rheingold-eng/10008.html#a_25832?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/40686-dresden-logo.png3
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-11-02UTC17:13:29+00:002017-11-02An exceptional musical performance was enhanced by a streamlined but ultimately moving staging in an evening of near perfection in Dresden.A stunning Götterdämmerung in Dresdenen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-gotterdammerung-thielemann-decker-stemme-schager-semperoper-dresden-november-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngAko Imamurahttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/16328https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/16328https://bachtrack.com/files/251-ako_imamura.jpegAtsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to finance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.https://bachtrack.com/files/70649-goetterdaemmerung-70-c-klaus-gigga--1--resized.jpg510340Andreas Schager (Siegfried) and Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde)Klaus Gigga2017-Oct-29, Semperoper: Götterdämmerunghttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/semperoper/gotterdammerung/29-october-2017/16-002017-10-292017-11-05SemperoperDresdenSaxonyGermany01067Theaterplatz 251.054259819621513.7354475259781https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/Goetterdaemmerung0/10011.html#a_25838?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/40686-dresden-logo.png4
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-08-01UTC10:15:12+00:002016-08-01Frank Castorf's controversial but supremely well-cast Ring cycle is provocative to the last.Twilight zone: Bayreuth's Ring ends with a stirring Götterdämmerungen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-gotterdammerung-castorf-vinke-foster-bayreuth-july-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMatthew Ryehttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/files/24809-matthew_rye.jpgMatthew read music at Oxford and has worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He has written numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad, for which he continues to write. He also writes for The Wagner Journal and Opera Now and blogs at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and is the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).https://bachtrack.com/files/43379-gotterdammerung-stephanie-houtzeel-christiane-kohl-wiebke-lehmkuhl-bayreuth-2016-enrico-nawrath-resized.jpg510340Stephanie Houtzeel, Christiane Kohl and Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Norns)Enrico Nawrath2016-Jul-31, Bayreuther Festspielhaus: Götterdämmerunghttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/bayreuther-festspielhaus/gotterdammerung/31-july-2016/16-002016-07-312016-08-25Bayreuther FestspielhausBayreuthBavariaGermany95445Festspielhügel 249.9600211.57926http://ticketshop.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/38521-bayreuther-festspiele-logo.jpg4
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-07-28UTC21:44:19+00:002016-07-28Singing, orchestral playing and scenic portrayal all combine to make a highly memorable second instalment of Wagner's Ring.Magic fire: a blazing account of Die Walküre at Bayreuthen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-bayreuth-die-walkure-sarah-connolly-marek-janowski-july-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMatthew Ryehttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/files/24809-matthew_rye.jpgMatthew read music at Oxford and has worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He has written numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad, for which he continues to write. He also writes for The Wagner Journal and Opera Now and blogs at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and is the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).https://bachtrack.com/files/43193-wal-180716-405-enriconawrath-presse.jpg510340Heidi Melton (Sieglinde) and Christopher Ventris (Siegmund)Enrico Nawrath2016-Jul-27, Bayreuther Festspielhaus: Die Walkürehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/bayreuther-festspielhaus/die-walkure/27-july-2016/16-002016-07-272016-08-21Bayreuther FestspielhausBayreuthBavariaGermany95445Festspielhügel 249.9600211.57926http://ticketshop.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/38521-bayreuther-festspiele-logo.jpg5
At the end, there was a profusion of boos and applause for the creative team: Castorf and co had given us a Ring cycle that was by turns infuriatingly indulgent, interestingly provocative, visually beautiful, puzzling and rewarding.
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-08-03UTC16:36:29+00:002015-08-02At the end, there was a profusion of boos and applause for the creative team: Castorf and co had given us a Ring cycle that was by turns infuriatingly indulgent, interestingly provocative, visually beautiful, puzzling and rewarding.But what does it all mean? Castorf’s visually stylish Götterdämmerung brings no resolutionen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-gotterdammerung-castorf-bayreuth-august-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/26764-gotterdammerung_vinke_rutigliano_hagen_lapkovskaja_bayreuth_nawrath_2015_resized.jpg510374Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Julia Rutigliano, Mirella Hagen and Anna Lapkovskaja (Rhinemaidens)Bayreuther Festspiele | Enrico Nawrath2015-Aug-01, Bayreuther Festspielhaus: Götterdämmerunghttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/bayreuther-festspielhaus/gotterdammerung/01-august-2015/16-002015-08-012015-08-26Bayreuther FestspielhausBayreuthBavariaGermany95445Festspielhügel 249.9600211.579264
Frank Castorf's Soviet-era farm-setting does not obtrude on the emotional core of Wagner's Die Walküre, with excellent performances from Johan Botha, Anja Kampe and Claudia Mahnke, with superlative playing from the Festival Orchestra.
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-07-30UTC10:05:34+00:002015-07-29Frank Castorf's Soviet-era farm-setting does not obtrude on the emotional core of Wagner's Die Walküre, with excellent performances from Johan Botha, Anja Kampe and Claudia Mahnke, with superlative playing from the Festival Orchestra.Die Walküre at Bayreuth: the triumph of love over spectacleen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-walkure-bayreuth-festival-july-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/944https://bachtrack.com/files/135-dl_photo.jpgDavid is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, specialising in nineteenth-century music. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, he has published on Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner. He gives pre-concert talks for the Sydney Symphony, and sings with a number of chamber choirs.https://bachtrack.com/files/26613-walkure_botha_kampe_bayreuth_enrico_nawrath_resized.jpg300452Johan Botha (Siegmund) and Anja Kampe (Sieglinde)Bayreuther Festspiele | Enrico Nawrath2015-Jul-28, Bayreuther Festspielhaus: Die Walkürehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/bayreuther-festspielhaus/die-walkure/28-july-2015/16-002015-07-282015-08-22Bayreuther FestspielhausBayreuthBavariaGermany95445Festspielhügel 249.9600211.579264
2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-09-18UTC11:24:57+00:002014-08-28Attila Jun's outstanding Hagen and Catherine Foster's sublime Brünnhilde light up the last episode of Frank Castorf's puzzling Ring.From kebab shop to the New York Stock Exchange: Attila Jun stars in Bayreuth's Götterdämmerungen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-gotterdammerung-bayreuth-august-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.https://bachtrack.com/files/6399-gotterdammerung_kebab_shop.jpg620409Attila Jun as Hagen in act II gathering of clansBayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath2014-Aug-01, Bayreuther Festspielhaus: Götterdämmerunghttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/bayreuther-festspielhaus/gotterdammerung/01-august-2014/16-002014-08-012014-08-27Bayreuther FestspielhausBayreuthBavariaGermany95445Festspielhügel 249.9600211.579264
2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-08-28UTC11:49:37+00:002014-08-24Kirill Petrenko starts Die Walküre with a flourish as Frank Castorf’s staging takes us back to the Baku oilfields in late tsarist Russia.Back to Baku: Die Walküre in Bayreuthen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-die-walkure-bayreuth-august-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.https://bachtrack.com/files/6345-walkure_ride_of_the_valkiries.jpg620414Ride of the ValkyriesBayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath2014-Jul-28, Bayreuther Festspielhaus: Die Walkürehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/bayreuther-festspielhaus/die-walkure/28-july-2014/16-002014-07-282014-08-23Bayreuther FestspielhausBayreuthBavariaGermany95445Festspielhügel 249.9600211.579263
2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-01-07UTC11:15:21+00:002013-12-23Dortmund Opera's daring new production of Tannhäuser is deeply stimulating and innovative, backed up by fine singing and orchestral playing.Dortmund Opera's new Tannhäuseren_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-dec-2013-dortmund-opera-tannhauserBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngRohan Shottonhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/242https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/242https://bachtrack.com/files/124-rohan.jpgRohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.https://bachtrack.com/files/3952-tannh_ohp_811.jpg400400Daniel Brenna (Tannhäuser)Thomas M. Jauk / Stage Picture2013-Dec-21, Theater Dortmund: Tannhäuserhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/theater-dortmund/tannhauser/21-december-2013/17-002013-12-212013-12-21Theater DortmundDortmundNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermany44137Platz der Alten Synagoge51.51058627.462454100000064