A defiant Deutsche Oper's reduced open-air Rheingold

Par Hugo Shirley, 13 juin 2020

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“at their head was the magnificent Wotan of Derek Welton”

Critique faite à Deutsche Oper Berlin: Parkhaus, Berlin, le 12 juin 2020

Wagner, L'Or du Rhin (Das Rheingold) (Chamber version by Jonathan Dove, semi-staged performance)

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sir Donald Runnicles, Direction

Neil Barry Moss, Mise en scène, Costumes

Lili Avar, Décors

Derek Welton, Wotan

Padraic Rowan, Donner, Froh

Thomas Blondelle, Loge

Markus Brück, Alberich

Andrew Harris, Fasolt

Tobias Kehrer, Fafner

Annika Schlicht, Fricka

Flurina Stucki, Freia

Judit Kutasi, Erda

Elena Tsallagova, Woglinde

Irene Roberts, Wellgunde

Karis Tucker, Flosshilde

Orchester 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Hugo Shirley

Hugo Shirley is a Berlin-based writer and musicologist. He has written widely as a critic in the UK, including for The Spectator, the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph, and has held editorial posts at both Opera and Gramophone. He was editor of 30-Second Opera (Ivy Press, 2015) and has a PhD in musicology from King's College London, where his thesis focused on Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten.

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