A powerful gale of sound in Budapest's Dutchman

Par Michael Roddy, 09 juin 2018

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Critique faite à Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, le 8 juin 2018

Wagner, Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der fliegende Holländer)

Michael Boder, Direction

Balázs Kovalik, Mise en scène

Péter Horgas, Décors

Mari Benedek, Costumes

John Lundgren, Le Hollandais

Elisabet Strid, Senta

Liang Li, Daland

Ric Furman, Erik

Bernadett Wiedemann, Mary

Franz Gürtelschmied, Le Timonier

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian Radio Choir

Chœur National Hongrois

Ádám Fischer, Direction artistique

Le Vaisseau Fantôme de Wagner à Budapest

Julie Jozwiak, 20th June

En cette année 2015, Le Vaisseau Fantôme est à l'affiche du festival Wagner de Budapest. Malgré une belle distribution dans l’ensemble et un orchestre inventif sous la baguette d'Adam Fischer, la production de Balázs Kovalik est assez contestable.

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Brutale Verletzung und zärtliches Verzeihen: Janáčeks Jenůfa in Coburg

Michael Vieth, 1st June

In Coburg lotet Regisseur Balázs Kovalik die psychologischen Extremzustände einer bäuerlichen Dorfgemeinschaft in Leos Janáčeks früher Oper Jenůfa voll aus. Am Ende fasziniert ein tief bewegendes Plädoyer für den Humanismus.

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Elektra in Budapest: all goes well... until the last minute

George Jahn, 29th April

Balázs Kovalik’s interpretation of Elektra is revived in Budapest, impressing until the B-movie cliché finale.

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Sympathy for the Devil in revival of Mefistofele in Budapest

George Jahn, 10th April

Balázs Kovalik’s opulent staging of Boito's Faustian opera threatens to overshadow the singers, but it makes for an exciting spectacle.

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Hasse’s Artaserse in Munich: an unusual pasticcio

Sandra Bowdler, 15th May

Hasse’s Artaserse in Munich was a pasticcio using music from that work to tell the story of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and to celebrate of Anja Silja.

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An homage to Wilhelmine von Bayreuth with Hasse's Artaserse

Orsolya Gyárfás, 21st April

In a pasticcio of Hasse’s Artaserse and Ezio, director Balázs Kovalik and the students of the Theaterakademie August Everding stage the life of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth.

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.