A boon for Beethoven buffs in Vienna

Par Jonathan Sutherland, 26 octobre 2017

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Critique faite à Theater an der Wien, Vienne, le 24 octobre 2017

Beethoven, Leonore (in concert)

MusikTheater an der Wien

René Jacobs, Direction

Tareq Nazmi, Don Fernando

Johannes Weisser, Don Pizarro

Maximilian Schmitt, Florestan

Marlis Petersen, Leonore

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Rocco

Robin Johannsen, Marzelline

Freiburger Barockorchester

Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Gnadenlos genial: L’opera seria am Theater an der Wien

Snapdragon, 2nd March

Ein in jeder Hinsicht unvergesslichen Abend. Der Opernbetrieb wird in dieser Produktion gnadenlos durch den sprichwörtlichen Kakao gezogen, und doch kann man sich keine bessere Werbung für dieses Genre denken.

*****

Unsuk Chins Alice in Wonderland am Theater an der Wien

Norman Schwarze, 17th November

Elisabeth Stöppler inszeniert Unsuk Chins Version von Lewis Carrolls Klassiker als düsteres Wirrwarr, welches wichtige Fragen leider offen lässt.

**111

Stefan Herheim’s bold Fledermaus at MusikTheater an der Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 13th October

Herheim’s Fledermaus is a risky experiment that, miraculously, works – at least in a city that knows it so intimately.

****1

Miroslav Srnka’s Voice Killer premieres at MusikTheater an der Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 16th June

At MusikTheater an der Wien, Miroslav Srnka’s new opera provess a deeply compelling, meticulously crafted work. It may not uplift, but it sears itself into the memory.

****1

Blutige Angelegenheit: Francesco Gasparinis Ambleto am MTadW

Norman Schwarze, 8th May

Unter der Leitung von Raffaele Pe gelingt dem MusikTheater an der Wien eine kohärente Rekonstruktion von Francesco Gasparinis Opera seria Ambleto. Die musikalischen Highlights bleiben aber aus.

***11

Fish, frocks and farce: a Prokofiev romp in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 28th March

Damiano Michieletto directs a slick and frequently hilarious staging of Prokofiev's comic opera Betrothal in a Monastery.

***11

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan 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.

Leonore 1805 a boon for Beethoven buffs in Vienna