Vinke’s smiling hero saves an otherwise sluggish Siegfried

Par Jonathan Sutherland, 30 mai 2017

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“the orchestra excelled, with six tubas taking raspy prominence”

Critique faite à Wiener Staatsoper, Vienne, le 28 mai 2017

Wagner, Siegfried

Wiener Staatsoper

Peter Schneider, Direction

Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Mise en scène

Rolf Glittenberg, Décors

Marianne Glittenberg, Costumes

Stefan Vinke, Siegfried

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Mime

Thomas Johannes Mayer, Der Wanderer

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Alberich

Okka von der Damerau, Erda

Petra Lang, Brünnhilde

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

fettFILM, Décors

Une inaltérable Chauve-souris à Vienne, le soir du réveillon

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 31st December

En ce soir de réveillon, les chanteurs en font parfois des tonnes pour caractériser leur personnage, mais le public ne demande que cela dans ce grand classique bien mené par le duo Kaufmann-Damrau.

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L'enchantement de Hansel et Gretel au Wiener Staatsoper

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 29th December

Tout au long de la représentation, on a l'impression de feuilleter l'un de ces beaux livres de contes illustrés par Gustave Doré qui font les souvenirs d'enfance, ou de retrouver l'atmosphère des premiers Walt Disney.

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Tragedy in the mirror: Minghella’s Madama Butterfly in Vienna

Laura Servidei, 14th March

Ermonela Jaho returns to one of her signature roles as Cio-Cio-San, delivering a searing and deeply nuanced portrayal.

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Too much and too little: Jan Lauwers’ restless Clemenza in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 12th March

The creative team behind the new Staatsoper Clemenza is unwilling to trust that Mozart’s opera is interesting enough to stand on its own.

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Die Rückkehr von Luisa Miller an die Wiener Staatsoper

Snapdragon, 16th February

Nach 35 Jahren Pause zeigt die Wiener Staatsoper Luisa Miller aus 1849, also jenes Werk, das den Übergang von Giuseppe Verdis frühen „Galeerenjahren“ zu seiner reifen Schaffensphase markiert und über Stiffelio eine Brücke zur „trilogia popolare“ (Rigoletto, Il trovatore und La traviata) schlägt.

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An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper

Orsolya Gyárfás, 23rd January

A committed cast struggles to lend a spark of life to Kasper Holten's static staging of Mozart's first mature opera.

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.

Stefan Vinke’s smiling hero saves an otherwise sluggish Siegfried in Vienna