Death lurks: Aribert Reimann's L'Invisible

Par Sam Johnstone, 08 octobre 2017

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“constituent parts packed into bite-size chunks that vanish before they can be savoured”

Critique faite à Deutsche Oper, Berlin, le 8 octobre 2017

Reimann, L'Invisible

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sir Donald Runnicles, Direction

Vasily Barkhatov, Mise en scène

Zinovy Margolin, Décors

Olga Shaishmelashvili, Costumes

Rachel Harnisch, Ursula / Marie / Ygraine

Annika Schlicht, Marthe / Bellangère

Ronnita Miller, Handmaiden

Stephen Bronk, Grandfather / An old man / Aglovale

Thomas Blondelle, Uncle / Stranger

Tim Severloh, 1st Servant

Martin Wölfel, 2nd Servant

Matthew Shaw, 3rd Servant

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Renaissance berlinoise pour les 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Emma Granier, 8th April

Cette création-hommage à la Callas reprend les arias les plus célèbres de la chanteuse, habilement tissés entre eux par la musique de Marko Nikodijević et la présence de Marina Abramović.

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Tannhäuser au Deutsche Oper : tout avait pourtant si bien commencé...

Stéphane Lelièvre, 20th February

Mis en scène par Kirsten Harms, Tannhäuser s'avère inégal. Se distinguent Ante Jerkunica (en Landgrave royal) et Camilla Nylund, formidable dans sa double interprétation de Venus/Elisabeth.

**111

L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 8th March

A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.

****1

Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 25th January

David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th November

A new production of Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin warms up the cold German winter, featuring strong lead performances by Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman.

***11

Thalheimer’s directs a static new Berlin Tristan und Isolde

Zenaida des Aubris, 1st November

At the start of his farewell to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles shines with his orchestra, supplying the passion and tension withheld in Michael Thalheimer’s production.

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Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone

Death lurks: Aribert Reimann's L'Invisible at Deutsche Oper Berlin