Staatsoper Hamburg's new Carmen: a sumptuous theatrical experience

Ida Aldrian (Mercédès), Maria Kataeva (Carmen) and Katrina Galka (Frasquita)

Tomislav Mužek (Don José) and Maria Kataeva (Carmen)

Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo) and Maria Kataeva (Carmen)

Elbenita Kajtazi (Micaëla) and Blake Denson (Moralès)

Maria Kataeva (Carmen) and Tomislav Mužek (Don José)

Par Alexander Hall, 18 septembre 2022

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“a rebellious bird who had no intention of ever hanging around for long”

Critique faite à Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg, le 17 septembre 2022

Bizet, Carmen

Staatsoper Hamburg

Yoel Gamzou, Direction

Herbert Fritsch, Mise en scène, Décors

José Luna, Costumes

Carsten Sander, Lumières

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Maria Kataeva, Carmen

Tomislav Mužek, Don José

Kostas Smoriginas, Escamillo

Elbenita Kajtazi, Micaëla

Hubert Kowalczyk, Zuniga

Blake Denson, Moralès

Katrina Galka, Frasquita

Ida Aldrian, Mercédès

Nicholas Mogg, Le Dancaïre

Jürgen Sacher, Le Remendado

Une partie de chasse maléfique

Anne-Laure Faubert, 14th September

Pierre fondatrice de la tradition de l’opéra romantique allemand, Der Freischütz rappelle que quiconque pénètre dans la forêt entreprend une quête qui aboutit au Bien ou au Mal selon ses choix.

****1

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg

Kevin W Ng, 1st February

Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration.

****1

Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

At Staatsoper Hamburg, Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon immerses audiences in an hypnotic, introspective journey, where dreams, science and psyche collide in a rigorously crafted, thought-provoking spectacle.

****1

Franciscan virtues for a modern age: a multimedia Messiaen remix

Peter Quantrill, 2nd June

No half measures in a triple-decker Hamburg staging of Saint François d'Assise at the Elbphilharmonie.

***11

Enfant terrible: Dmitri Tcherniakovs Salome an der Staatsoper Hamburg

Alexandra Richter, 12th November

In Tcherniakovs neuer Inszenierung an der Staatsoper Hamburg ist Asmik Grigorian nach fünf Jahren endlich wieder als Salome zu erleben.

***11

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.