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Madrid

24 mars 2024

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

Par Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Members of the Opera North Chorus © James Glossop

Leeds

A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might at Opera North

Par Richard Wilcocks, 06 octobre 2023

Sir David Pountney directs a satirical take on dictatorship and the climate crisis inventively set to the music of Purcell.

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Leeds

06 oct. 2023

A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might

Par Richard Wilcocks

Eliška Weissová (Kostelnička) und Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa) © Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn

Vienne

Am Puls der Zeit: Jenůfa an der Wiener Staatsoper

Par Snapdragon, 12 octobre 2022

Asmik Grigorian und David Butt Philip führen Janáčeks Oper zum Triumph.

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Vienne

12 oct. 2022

Am Puls der Zeit: Jenůfa an der Wiener Staatsoper

Par Snapdragon

West Horsley

Taking the Pils: Grange Park Opera proves that rare Janáček is no small beer

Par Matthew Rye, 26 juin 2022

Janáček’s satirical opera The Excursions of Mr Brouček may not be among his greatest dramatic works, yet it earns its place in the limelight for its musical, visual and dramatic wit at Grange Park Opera.

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West Horsley

26 juin 2022

Taking the Pils: Pountney proves that rare Janáček is no small beer

Par Matthew Rye

Leipzig

Deutsche Geschichte für Reingefallene: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Leipzig

Par Alexandra Richter, 23 octobre 2021

David Pountneys Meistersinger enttäuschen mit einer an Geschichtsverständnis mangelnden und trägen Inszenierung, die aber immerhin stimmliche Glanzmomente liefert.

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Leipzig

23 oct. 2021

Deutsche Geschichte für Reingefallene: neue Meistersinger in Leipzig

Par Alexandra Richter

Welsh National Opera tackles Les Vêpres siciliennes but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Par Mark Pullinger, 08 février 2020

David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint.

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Cardiff

08 févr. 2020

WNO tackles Vêpres but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Par Mark Pullinger

War and Peace: Welsh National Opera comes to London to parade its wares

Par Mark Valencia, 23 juillet 2019

It’s a small miracle that the production has been recreated so well in such a short time frame.

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Londres

23 juil. 2019

War and Peace: WNO comes to London to parade its wares

Par Mark Valencia

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging by David Pountney for WNO

Par Mark Valencia, 09 février 2019

Musically, WNO gets it right. Straightforward brilliance is the order of the day, and plenty of it.

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Cardiff

09 févr. 2019

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging at WNO

Par Mark Valencia

Milling’s powerful Hagen drives a dramatic Royal Opera Götterdämmerung

Par David Karlin, 01 octobre 2018

A standout performance from Stephen Milling complements all-round excellence of cast to provide a satisfying end to the Covent Garden Ring.

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Londres

01 oct. 2018

Milling drives a dramatic Royal Opera Götterdämmerung

Par David Karlin

A fantastic tale, an outstanding cast: Siegfried at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 29 septembre 2018

Wagner's storytelling shines brightly with the aid of a cast well out of the ordinary. Vinke, Stemme, Siegel and Lundgren make part 3 of The Ring an unforgettable evening of opera.

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Londres

29 sept. 2018

A fantastic tale, an outstanding cast: Siegfried at ROH

Par David Karlin

Skelton and Anger set the scene for Stemme in Covent Garden's superb Walküre

Par David Karlin, 26 septembre 2018

We start with a triumphant Royal Opera debut from Stuart Skelton, we close with Nina Stemme at her finest; a thrilling orchestral performance links the two. A memorable Walküre.

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Londres

26 sept. 2018

Skelton and Anger set the scene for a superb Walküre

Par David Karlin

The assault on Valhalla begins: Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 24 septembre 2018

Antonio Pappano and the Royal Opera Orchestra get the Ring cycle off to a blazing start; unusually, it's Lise Davidsen and the female cast who take the vocal honours.

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Londres

24 sept. 2018

The assault on Valhalla begins: Das Rheingold at ROH

Par David Karlin

Ferocious intensity: David Pountney's new War and Peace at Welsh National Opera

Par Rohan Shotton, 15 septembre 2018

WNO make a compelling case for Prokofiev's gargantuan War and Peace.

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Cardiff

15 sept. 2018

Ferocious intensity: Pountney's new War and Peace at WNO

Par Rohan Shotton

Milan

Breaking with Verismo: Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini returns to La Scala

Par Renato Verga, 15 avril 2018

The use in the score of ancient musical instruments is what differentiates this work: pifferi, a lute, a “viola pomposa” give this work a distinctive flavour.

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Milan

15 avril 2018

Francesca da Rimini returns to La Scala

Par Renato Verga

Naples

From darkness to light for Rossini's Mosè in Egitto in Naples

Par Lorenzo Fiorito, 15 mars 2018

David Pountney’s 2014 staging was revived in Naples with good singing and empathetic conducting.

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Naples

15 mars 2018

From darkness to light: Mosè in Egitto in Naples

Par Lorenzo Fiorito

Hong Kong

Luminous performances lift heavy-metal staging of Pelléas et Mélisande

Par Carla Escoda, 15 mars 2018

Stellar voices and orcheatra and some inspired staging choices elevate an otherwise heavy-handed production of Pelléas et Mélisande from the WNO at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

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Hong Kong

15 mars 2018

Luminous performances lift heavy-metal Pelléas

Par Carla Escoda

Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Par Mark Pullinger, 02 février 2018

When the entire plot is triggered by a freak accident, you can't blame director David Pountney for making Fate itself one of the key characters.

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Cardiff

02 févr. 2018

Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Par Mark Pullinger

Chicago

David Pountney's riveting Walküre opens at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Par Katherine Syer, 05 novembre 2017

David Pountney's new production of Die Walküre for the Lyric Opera of Chicago incisively charts the tectonic shift of control over the future from Wotan to Brünnhilde.

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Chicago

05 nov. 2017

Pountney's riveting Walküre in Chicago

Par Katherine Syer

Zurich

Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beauty

Par Sarah Batschelet, 07 juin 2017

That both the lead and a second key role were ill and couldn’t sing did not bode well, yet this performance of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera shook up the house nonetheless.

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Zurich

07 juin 2017

Verdi’s Ballo in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beauty

Par Sarah Batschelet

Chicago

Perplexing staging not enough to derail a gloriously sung Rheingold at Lyric Opera

Par Sam Jacobson, 01 octobre 2016

In spite of some questionable staging, Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its Ring cycle on a strong note with a stellar cast, notably featuring Eric Owens’ role debut as Wotan.

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Chicago

01 oct. 2016

A gloriously sung Rheingold at Lyric Opera

Par Sam Jacobson

Vienne

Jenůfas Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert!

Par Isabella Steppan, 10 avril 2016

Im Janáček’schen Familien- und Beziehungschaos glänzten Dirigent Ingo Metzmacher und das Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper.

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Vienne

10 avril 2016

Jenůfas Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert!

Par Isabella Steppan

Genève

David Pountney's distinctive Guillaume Tell takes aim in Geneva

Par Elodie Olson-Coons, 11 septembre 2015

A striking staging of Rossini's Guillaume Tell at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva: well cast, beautifully sung and impeccably choreographed.

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Genève

11 sept. 2015

Guillaume Tell takes aim in Geneva

Par Elodie Olson-Coons

Spiral staircase and paddling pool: Pelléas et Mélisande from Welsh National Opera

Par Simon Rees, 29 mai 2015

Mélisande as Lulu in David Pountney's unfulfilling production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at Welsh National Opera.

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Cardiff

29 mai 2015

Pelléas et Mélisande from Welsh National Opera

Par Simon Rees

Chicago

Weinberg's The Passenger only partially successful at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Par Dan Wang, 04 mars 2015

David Pountney's production of Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger travels to Chicago.

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Chicago

04 mars 2015

Weinberg's The Passenger only partially successful

Par Dan Wang

Zurich

Die Frau ohne Schatten: a Strauss extravaganza in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet, 27 novembre 2014

Zurich’s Opera House takes on Die Frau ohne Schatten, one of Richard Strauss’ most convoluted and technically demanding works.

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Zurich

27 nov. 2014

“Oh world within the world!”: FroSch in Zurich

Par Sarah Batschelet

Marc Chagall inspires a new production of Mosè in Egitto

Par Simon Rees, 03 octobre 2014

A colour-coded Mosè in Egitto uses the paintings of Marc Chagall to inspire the costumes for the Jews and the Egyptians in this production of a Rossinian rarity.

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Cardiff

03 oct. 2014

A Marc Chagall inspired Mosè in Egitto

Par Simon Rees

Rossini's William Tell in fifty shades of grey

Par Simon Rees, 12 septembre 2014

Welsh National Opera's new production of Rossini's William Tell shows off orchestra and chorus to their full under Carlo Rizzi's baton

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