This production fell just short of brilliance but showed how relevant and thought-provoking opera as an art form can be when tapping into today's headline debates.
2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-03-20UTC09:54:15+00:002018-03-17This production fell just short of brilliance but showed how relevant and thought-provoking opera as an art form can be when tapping into today's headline debates.A conceptually bold Manon at Oper Kölnen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-manon-erath-markova-ayan-oper-koln-march-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCristina Burackhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/26628https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/26628https://bachtrack.com/files/70028-cristina-burack.jpgCristina Burack studied piano and flute for many years, before earning her BM in Voice and Opera performance at Northwestern University, with a strong focus on German Lieder, as well as a BA in History. After continuing her vocal studies in Vienna, she turned her professional focus to communications. She is a freelance journalist who particularly enjoys covering the intersection of music, history and politics.https://bachtrack.com/files/79037-manon-72-insik-choi--de-bretigny--zuzana-markova--manon-lescaut--resized.jpg510340Insik Choi (De Brétigny) and Zuzana Marková (Manon Lescaut)Bernd Uhlig2018-Mar-04, Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1: Manonhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/oper-koln-staatenhaus-saal-1/manon/04-march-2018/18-002018-03-042018-04-02Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1CologneNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermany50679Rheinparkweg 150.9455070165720446.972769349799819https://bachtrack.com/files/49752-oper-cologne-logo.png4
The Staatenhaus venue forces one too many compromises on Bernstein's operetta, but the performance itself is saved by the accomplishment of much of the singing.
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-12-09UTC12:27:03+00:002016-12-08The Staatenhaus venue forces one too many compromises on Bernstein's operetta, but the performance itself is saved by the accomplishment of much of the singing.Not easily assimilated: Candide in Cologneen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-bernstein-candide-oper-koln-december-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/50030-alexander-franzen.jpg510340Alexander Franzen (Pangloss)Paul Leclaire | Oper Köln2016-Dec-04, Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1: Candidehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/oper-koln-staatenhaus-saal-1/candide/04-december-2016/18-002016-12-042017-01-12Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1CologneNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermany50679Rheinparkweg 150.9455070165720446.972769349799819https://bachtrack.com/files/40947-logo20x20.jpg3
Gelungener Transfer an der Oper Köln des Tannhäuser-Stoffes in unserer Zeit: wie verhält sich eine Gesellschaft in Bezug auf Heuchelei und wer ist heute eigentlich noch aufrichtig? Patrick Kinmonth stellt diese Fragen und überlässt letztendlich gekonnt die Deutung dem Publikum.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-10-02UTC09:03:42+00:002017-09-30Gelungener Transfer an der Oper Köln des Tannhäuser-Stoffes in unserer Zeit: wie verhält sich eine Gesellschaft in Bezug auf Heuchelei und wer ist heute eigentlich noch aufrichtig? Patrick Kinmonth stellt diese Fragen und überlässt letztendlich gekonnt die Deutung dem Publikum. Demaskierung der Heuchler in der Wartburgesellschaft: Tannhäuser an der Oper Kölnde_DEtruehttps://bachtrack.com/kritik-tannhaeuser-kinmonth-roth-guerzenich-orchester-pomeroy-kaiser-schaechter-oper-koeln-september-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngPeter Karmannhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/23455https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/23455https://bachtrack.com/files/51869-profilbild.jpgPeter verschlug es nach seinem Bachelorstudium in Karlsruhe sowie Strasbourg nach Cambridge um dort seinen Master in Ingenieurswissenschaften zu absolvieren. Seine Liebe zur großen Symphonik entwickelte er als Klarinettist eines Philharmonischen Blasmusikorchesters. Besonders die Musik der Romantik und im Speziellen die orchestralen Spätwerke von Mahler und Brahms sowie Wagners Musikdramen faszinieren ihn. Falls man Peter nicht in Konzertsälen trifft, findet man ihn auf Rucksackreisen, auf Skiern in den Alpen oder seit neuestem beim High Tea in England.https://bachtrack.com/files/68620-david-pomeroy--tannhaeuser--c-bernd-uhlig---resized.jpg510340David Pomeroy (Tannhaeuser)Bernd Uhlig2017-Sep-24, Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1: Tannhäuserhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/oper-koln-staatenhaus-saal-1/tannhauser/24-september-2017/19-002017-09-242017-11-01Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1CologneNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermany50679Rheinparkweg 150.9455070165720446.972769349799819https://bachtrack.com/files/49752-oper-cologne-logo.png4
