Große Bilder in historischem Gewand: Andrea Chénier in München

By David Renke, 22 July 2019

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“erhellt in silbrigem Licht fesselte Harteros... mit einem Strom an Emotionen”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 21 July 2019

Giordano, Andrea Chénier

Bavarian State Opera

Asher Fisch, Conductor

Philipp Stölzl, Director

Heike Vollmer, Set Designer

Anke Winckler, Costume Designer

Stefano La Colla, Andrea Chénier

Željko Lučić, Carlo Gérard

Anja Harteros, Maddalena de Coigny

Rachael Wilson, Bersi

Helena Zubanovich, La comtesse de Coigny

Krešimir Stražanac, Pietro Fléville

Tim Kuypers, Mathieu

Ulrich Reß, The Abbé

Kevin Conners, L'Incredible

Andrea Borghini, Roucher

Callum Thorpe, Schmidt

Elena Zilio, Madelon

Christian Rieger, Fouquier-Tinville

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

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David Renke

David Renke, geboren in München, hat Musikwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln studiert, wechselte dann zum Studiengang Medien und Kommunikation an die Universität Passau. Er spielt Klavier, Gitarre und ist als Sänger in verschiedenen Chören in Süddeutschland tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.

Große Bilder in historischem Gewand: Andrea Chénier bei den Münchner Opernfestspielen