Too much consolation: Dvořák’s Stabat Mater at Müpa

Par David Karlin, 01 novembre 2017

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Critique faite à Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, le 1 novembre 2017

Dvořák, Stabat Mater, Op.58

Riccardo Frizza, Direction

Anastasia Shchegoleva, Soprano

Szilvia Vörös, Mezzo-soprano

Paolo Fanale, Ténor

Liang Li, Basse

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian Radio Symphony Choir

Stuck in purgatory: Tannhäuser at Budapest’s Wagner Days

Orsolya Gyárfás, 29th June

Individual performances impress, but conducting and production both prove too meandering in this year’s Wagner Days Tannhäuser.

***11

Perth welcomes the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

David Smythe, 3rd December

The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Frizza conducting mix homeland sounds of Liszt and Kodály with Beethoven and Rachmaninov.

****1

Commanding Götterdämmerung brings Müpa's Ring to a blazing end

Orsolya Gyárfás, 18th June

With Iréne Theorin's Brünnhilde rejuvenated, the Ring receives a worthy finale at the Budapest Wagner Days.

****1

Wälsungenblut: Schneider and Skelton shine at Budapest Wagner Days

Orsolya Gyárfás, 16th June

The pure magic of Ádám Fischer and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra delights with two brilliant leads, but others disappoint on the second day of Müpa's Ring.

***11

A thunderous end to the 2019 Budapest Ring

David Karlin, 16th June

A Ring cycle of sustained excellence closes with telling contributions from Foster, Vinke and Pesendorfer in the three lead roles.

*****

Konieczny's Wanderer outstanding in Siegfried in Budapest

David Karlin, 15th June

Müpa's Ring sees all-round musical excellence for a third night in row, which will be remembered more than the various distracting miscues in the staging.

****1

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.