Miraculous Makropulos Case debuts in Asia

Par Carla Escoda, 27 février 2017

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“they could have straight come out of Hollywood central casting”

Critique faite à Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong, le 25 février 2017

Janáček, L'Affaire Makropoulos

Janáček Opera NTB

Marko Ivanović, Direction

David Radok, Mise en scène

Ondřej Nekvasil, Décors

Zuzana Jezková, Costumes

Annalena Persson, Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos

Aleš Briscein, Albert Gregor

František Ďuriač, Dr Kolenatý

Petr Levíček, Vítek

Eva Štěrbová, Kristina

Svatopluk Sem, Baron Jaroslav Prus

Petr Račko, Janek

Josef Škrobánek, Count Hauk-Šendorf

Jana Hrochová, Chambermaid

Jiří Klecker, A Stage Technician

Jitka Zerhauová, A Cleaning Woman

Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

Janáček Opera NTB Chorus

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Gianmarco Segato, 6th November

Jakub Hrůša leads a musically thrilling but dramatically problematic From the House of the Dead and Glagolitic Mass at the 2022 Janáček Brno International Festival.

****1

Pharaonic spectacle: Aida in Moravia

John Johnston, 10th April

A night of Egyptian musical and scenic splendour.

****1

Jenůfa breaks hearts in Brno

David Karlin, 18th October

In Brno, Janáček's home, at the theatre and festival that bear his name, Jenůfa receives a performance with all the musical and dramatic intensity you might wish for.

****1

Arsilda regina di Ponto au château de Versailles : à bas les masques !

Anne-Laure Faubert, 23rd June

Quatrième opera de Vivaldi, Arsilda regina di Ponto revit dans un spectacle international et dans une mise en scène néoclassique qui donne aux personnages une réelle profondeur psychologique. A découvrir de toute urgence pendant l’itinérance de l’œuvre !

****1

Puccini prequel disappoints at the Prague National Theatre

Frank Kuznik, 9th November

Adding a prequel to Gianni Schicchi mostly proves that a prequel isn't necessary...

***11

Outstanding Bluebeard in Brno

David Karlin, 16th October

David Radok links two expressionist works, Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle and Schoenberg's Erwartung, to the advantage of the Bartók.

****1

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Miraculous Makropulos Case debuts in Asia at the Hong Kong Arts Festival