Czernowin's Heart Chamber stirs passions at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Liam Cagney, 09 décembre 2019

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“Czernowin has conceived a novel operatic formula which on the whole is strikingly effective”

Critique faite à Deutsche Oper, Berlin, le 6 décembre 2019

Czernowin, Heart Chamber

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Johannes Kalitzke, Direction

Claus Guth, Mise en scène

Christian Schmidt, Décors, Costumes

Yvonne Gebauer, Dramaturgie

Dorothea Hartmann, Dramaturgie

Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano

Noa Frenkel, Contralto

Frauke Aulbert, Voix

Dietrich Henschel, Baryton

Terry Wey, Contre-ténor

Rachel Fenlon, Soprano

Jana Miller, Soprano

Micaëla Oeste, Soprano

Jennifer Hughes, Mezzo-soprano

Anna-Louise Costello, Soprano

Verena Tönjes, Mezzo-soprano

Wagner Moreira, Ténor

Lawrence Halksworth, Baryton

Andrew Munn, Basse

Simon Robinson, Basse

Dario Dugandzic, Baryton

Christoph Brunner, Percussions

Ulrich Fussenegger, Contrebasse

Ensemble Nikel

Experimentalstudio des SWR

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Liam Cagney

Liam is a writer and musicologist based between Ireland and Berlin. He writes on contemporary and Twentieth Century music for Gramophone, and has also written for the Telegraph, the Irish Times, the TLS, Van, and other publications. He holds a PhD from City, University of London and is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music. His Twitter handle is @LiamCagney.