A highly accomplished start to Stockholm's Ring

Par John Johnston, 25 mai 2017

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“power struggles, deceit and betrayal as in a novel by Dickens or Balzac”

Critique faite à Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, le 24 mai 2017

Wagner, L'Or du Rhin (Das Rheingold)

Royal Swedish Opera

Marko Letonja, Direction

Staffan Valdemar Holm, Mise en scène

Bente Lykke Møller, Costumes

John Lundgren, Wotan

Kristian Flor, Donner

Joel Annmo, Froh

Jonas Degerfeldt, Loge

Johan Edholm, Alberich

Niklas Björling Rygert, Mime

Lennart Forsén, Fasolt

Rasmus Bodén, Fafner

Katarina Dalayman, Fricka

Susanna Stern, Freia

Katarina Leoson, Erda

Susann Végh, Wellgunde

Vivianne Holmberg, Woglinde

Johanna Rudström, Flosshilde

Royal Swedish Orchestra

Stemme leads an explosive Jenůfa at Royal Swedish Opera

David Karlin, 25th October

Janáček’s drama of infanticide is delivered at full power by Nina Stemme and Agneta Eichenholz in Annilese Miskimmon’s well-crafted production. The orchestra, however, are just too loud.

****1

Löftet: eindringliche Oper über den Holocaust in Stockholm

Michael Klier, 27th January

Löftet verdient mit dieser Botschaft, seinen bezaubernden Arien und großartig mitreißender Musik ein internationales Publikum.

****1

Overpowering Candide at Royal Swedish Opera

David Karlin, 25th October

Ole Anders Tandberg's edgy take on Bernstein's satirical operetta is lifted by some good performances but marred by an overpowering orchestra.

***11

Tosca mit Sicherheitsabstand in Stockholm

Isabella Steppan, 7th May

Nicht szenisch, aber auch nicht wirklich konzertant und mit durchwachsenen gesanglichen Leistungen wurde Puccinis Tosca an der Royal Swedish Opera gegeben.

**111

A dark, brutal Don Giovanni in Stockholm

Laura Servidei, 28th March

The Royal Swedish Opera revives Tandberg’s 2014 production with a solid cast of Swedish singers.

***11

Swedish première of Szymanowski’s King Roger in Stockholm

Laura Servidei, 19th March

Elin Rombo shines in a co-production of King Roger with the Royal Swedish Opera and Teatr Wielki, in Warsaw

***11

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John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.