Stellar Lost in the Stars at Glimmerglass Festival

Par Gale Martin, 06 août 2012

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Critique faite à Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, le 3 août 2012

Weill, Lost in the Stars

Cape Town Opera

John DeMain, Direction

Tazewell Thompson, Mise en scène

Eric Owens, Stephen Kumalo

Sean Panikkar, Leader

Wynn Harmon, Comédien

Brandy Lynn Hawkins, Mezzo-soprano

Amos Nomnabo, Baryton

Makudupanyane Senaoana, Ténor

Chrystal E Williams, Mezzo-soprano

Caleb McLaughlin, Voix

An entertaining Mandela Trilogy

Andrew Larkin, 14th September

Good singing, incisive production and colourful choreography in The Mandela Trilogy make for many entertaining moments though inherent flaws in libretto and music fail to make it a satisfying, coherent whole.

***11

Mal was Anderes: Salome in Kapstadt

Freya Apffelstaedt, 17th March

Kapstadt wagt den lohnenden Blick über den Tellerrand des Belcanto und zeigt eine Salome von begeisternder gesanglicher Leistung.

****1

Postales desde Soweto

Juan José Freijo, 10th June

La Ópera de Ciudad de Cabo trae a Madrid una versión sin demasiadas sutilezas pero rebosante de movimiento, energía y pasión.

***11

Cape Town Opera: Mandela Trilogy at Wales Millenium Centre

Verity Quaite, 20th June

Whatever I was expecting from the European première of Mandela Trilogy, a musical tribute to the life of the iconic Nelson Mandela, it certainly wasn’t humour. Yet it is to writer and director Michael Williams’ credit that he has managed to convey what could have been extremely tense and serious subject matter with vibrancy and flair.

***11

African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee

Erica Miner, 12th October

A world premiere opera about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the intrepid troupe of African American singers who changed music history.

*****

Blue in Amsterdam: aktueller kann Oper nicht sein!

Michael Klier, 7th November

Das außergewöhnlich gute Sängerensemble trägt diese aussagekräftige Opernvorstellung bei ihrer europäischen Premiere.

****1

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Gale Martin

Based on the East Coast, Gale is an award-winning writer on the performing arts, books, literature and popular culture. She has just published Don Juan in Hankey and you can read her Operatoonity blog. Her articles have appeared in numerous anthologies.