Stop all the clocks: Fleming's valedictory Marschallin

Par Mark Pullinger, 18 décembre 2016

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“Silky elisions between notes – one of Fleming's familiar traits – sound as sexy as ever”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 17 décembre 2016

Strauss R., Le Chevalier à la rose (Der Rosenkavalier)

The Royal Opera

Andris Nelsons, Direction

Robert Carsen, Mise en scène

Paul Steinberg, Décors

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costumes

Renée Fleming, La Maréchale

Alice Coote, Octavian

Matthew Rose, Baron Ochs von Lerchenau

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Monsieur de Faninal

Sophie Bevan, Sophie

Giorgio Berrugi, Un chanteur italien

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Valzacchi

Helene Schneiderman, Annina

Miranda Keys, Marianne

Alasdair Elliott, Un aubergiste

Samuel Sakker, Le majordome de la Maréchale

Thomas Atkins, Le majordome de Faninal

Jeremy White, Un notaire

Scott Conner, Un commissaire

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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