Jonas Kaufmann stars in Opera Australia's Andrea Chénier

Par Zoltán Szabó, 13 août 2019

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“Tézier's Carlo Gérard sounded menacing and ruthless, helped by his powerful baritone voice”

Critique faite à Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney, le 8 août 2019

Giordano, Andrea Chénier (Concert performance)

Opera Australia

Pinchas Steinberg, Direction

Jonas Kaufmann, Andrea Chénier

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Maddalena de Coigny

Ludovic Tézier, Carlo Gérard

Sian Sharp, Bersi

Dominica Matthews, La Comtesse de Coigny

Christopher Hillier, Pietro Fléville

Luke Gabbedy, Mathieu

Graeme Macfarlane, L'Abbé

Benjamin Rasheed, L'Incroyable

Richard Anderson, Roucher

Alexander Hargreaves, Schmidt, Fouquier-Tinville

Anna Dowsley, Madelon

Jonathan Alley, Major-Domo

Opera Australia Chorus

Opera Australia Orchestra

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Sandra Bowdler, 17th March

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.

****1

Humperdinck hobbled in Opera Australia revival

Jeremy Eccles, 27th January

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well.

***11

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Sandra Bowdler, 15th January

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent.

****1

Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Sandra Bowdler, 31st July

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

****1

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Jeremy Eccles, 19th July

Nicole Car makes her role debut as Dvořák's Rusalka in a production by Sarah Giles that proves a winner.

****1

Danielle de Niese makes Carmen debut in a colourful new Sydney staging

Sandra Bowdler, 10th July

Danielle de Niese's assumes the title role at the Sydney Opera House, leading an impressive cast with an interesting approach to characterisation with a somewhat over the top blingy setting.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.