Hungarian State Opera's slow-motion The Queen of Sheba

Par Alexandra Ivanoff, 20 mai 2017

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“Erika Gál mixed plenty of steely vocalism with femme fatale demeanour”

Critique faite à Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest, le 18 mai 2017

Goldmark, Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba)

Opéra d'État hongrois

János Kovács, Direction

Csaba Káel, Mise en scène

Éva Szendrényi, Décors

Anikó Németh, Costumes

Zoltán Kelemen, King Solomon

Erika Gál, Queen of Sheba

Péter Fried, High priest

Eszter Sümegi, Sulamith

Boldizsár László, Assad

Róbert Rezsnyák, Baal-Hanan

Eszter Zavaros, Astaroth

Ferenc Cserhalmi, Guardian of the temple

Orchestre de l'Opéra d'État hongrois

Chœurs de l'Opéra d'État hongrois

Budapest accueille ses Enfants terribles

Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 13th November

Jean Cocteau rencontre Philip Glass à l'Opéra d'État hongrois, dans le cadre neuf de l'Eiffel Art Studios, et cette production des Enfants terribles se déroule à un tempo infernal !

****1

All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Orsolya Gyárfás, 16th November

Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.

**111

A thrilling, opulent La Bayadère at Hungarian National Ballet

Gianmarco Segato, 14th June

Hungarian National Ballet's La Bayadère revitalizes tradition with a new reconstruction of its forgotten final act.

*****

Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest

Gianmarco Segato, 11th June

Hungarian State Opera's cut-down, dramatically inert Gioconda fails to ignite the stage in Budapest, despite a solid musical foundation.

***11

Stumbling towards the chopping block: Maria Stuarda in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 14th May

Martin Rajna's energetic conducting and Gabriella Balga's glorious Elisabetta are the bright spots in this flashy but empty house premiere of Donizetti's classic.

**111

Hungarian National Ballet: a tremendously witty Merry Widow

Deborah Weiss, 12th February

Hungarian National Ballet strike a delightful balance between lighthearted comedy and technical assurance in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow.

****1

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Alexandra Ivanoff

Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.

Hungarian State Opera's slow-motion The Queen of Sheba verges on La Sonnambula