All at sea in Berlin: Billy Budd at the Deutsche Oper

Par Max Woods, 25 mai 2014

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“Chest’s Budd was excellent... he has all the youthful vigour and lyricism for this character ”

Critique faite à Deutsche Oper, Berlin, le 22 mai 2014

Britten, Billy Budd

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sir Donald Runnicles, Direction

David Alden, Mise en scène

Paul Steinberg, Décors

Burkhard Ulrich, Captain Vere

John Chest, Billy Budd

Gidon Saks, John Claggart

Clemens Bieber, Red Whiskers

Alvaro Zambrano, Squeak

Marko Mimica, Bosun

Simon Pauly, Donald

Tobias Kehrer, Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Albert Pesendorfer, Mr Flint

Markus Brück, Mr Redburn

Renaissance berlinoise pour les 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Emma Granier, 8th April

Cette création-hommage à la Callas reprend les arias les plus célèbres de la chanteuse, habilement tissés entre eux par la musique de Marko Nikodijević et la présence de Marina Abramović.

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Tannhäuser au Deutsche Oper : tout avait pourtant si bien commencé...

Stéphane Lelièvre, 20th February

Mis en scène par Kirsten Harms, Tannhäuser s'avère inégal. Se distinguent Ante Jerkunica (en Landgrave royal) et Camilla Nylund, formidable dans sa double interprétation de Venus/Elisabeth.

**111

L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 8th March

A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.

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Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 25th January

David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th November

A new production of Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin warms up the cold German winter, featuring strong lead performances by Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman.

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Thalheimer’s directs a static new Berlin Tristan und Isolde

Zenaida des Aubris, 1st November

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Max Woods

Max studied musicology before moving to Germany to pursue a Masters degree in music performance. He currently teaches music and English and works as a freelance journalist and performer.