Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Verdi Requiem wows the Adelaide Festival

Eleanor Lyons, Ballett Zürich and the Adelaide Festival Chorus

Ballett Zürich

Ballett Zürich and Adelaide Festival Chorus in Messa da Requiem

Eleanor Lyons and dancers from Ballett Zürich

Par Brian Angus, 10 mars 2023

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“powerful theatre that spoke directly to the soul”

Critique faite à Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, le 9 mars 2023

Messa da Requiem (Christian Spuck)

Ballett Zürich

Johannes Fritzsch, Direction

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Adelaide Festival Chorus

Eleanor Lyons, Soprano

Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano

Paul O'Neill, Ténor

Pelham Andrews, Basse

Spuck delivers compelling drama in Staatsballett's season opener

Vikki Jane Vile, 24th October

Newly appointed Director of Staatsballett Berlin, Christian Spuck makes his mark with this season opener, a world premiere of Bovary, a ballet based on Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel of 1856.

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Glitter, fun, surprises: Norwegian National Ballet's Beauty sparkles

Deborah Weiss, 3rd June

Closer to Matthew Bourne than Marius Petipa, Christian Spuck's Sleeping Beauty is full of invention, captivating the audience in numerous, unexpected ways.

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Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

Sarah Batschelet, 15th January

Blending the music of Monteverdi with lesser-known contemporaries, and even some pop, choreographer Christian Spuck takes leave of Zürich with a work that is as full of poetry as it is of emotional charge.

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Christian Spuck's loveable Leonce and Lena returns to Ballett Zürich

Sarah Batschelet, 8th December

Spuck’s Leonce and Lena is a feel-good treat that lifts the spirits measurably and makes a fine case for the modern genre.

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Woher – Wohin? NEW/WORKS am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 19th June

Das Stuttgarter Ballett zeigt mit NEW/WORKS einen beeindruckenden Abend neuer Werke.

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Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

Graham Watts, 13th February

Christian Spuck gives choreographic identity to Hans Zender's composed interpretation of Franz Schubert's Winterreise.

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Brian Angus

Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.