Eine bezaubernde Rarität

By Snapdragon, 22 September 2014

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“eine Erweiterung des musikalischen Horizontes”

Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 19 September 2014

Tchaikovsky, The Enchantress

Mikhail Tatarnikov, Conductor

Christof Loy, Director

Asmik Grigorian, Nastasya

Natalia Kawalek, Polya

Hanna Schwarz, Nenila

Agnes Zwierko, Princess Yevpraksiya Romanovna

Erik Årman, Balakin

Vasily Efimov, Lukash

Andreas Conrad, Payísi

Maxim Aksenov, Prince Yury

Martin Winkler, Kudma

Johannes Martin Kränzle, Prince Nikita Kurlyatev

Martin Snell, Foka

Martijn Cornet, Ivan Zhuran

Stefan Cerny, Potap

Vladimir Ognovenko, Mamirov

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th November

A new production of Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin warms up the cold German winter, featuring strong lead performances by Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman.

***11

Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki

No’a L. bat Miri, 19th November

Christof Loy’s psychological staging returns to the stage of Finnish National Opera, with Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid compelling in the title role.

****1

Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE

David Karlin, 22nd March

Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.

****1

Real and emotional fires light the stage in Respighi’s La fiamma

Zenaida des Aubris, 29th September

Christof Loy and Carlo Rizzi score a great success in bringing Respighi’s rarely performed opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

****1

Pappano and Loy bring empathy to Elektra at Covent Garden

David Karlin, 12th January

Christof Loy’s thoughtful staging enlightens the character of the protagonists in Sophocles’ tale of matricide; Sir Antonio Pappano extracts great nuance and beauty from Strauss’ score.

****1

A revenger’s tragedy: La forza del destino returns to London

David Karlin, 19th September

Christof Loy's 2019 production proves even more compelling second time round, with excellent acting and a properly heroic tenor performance from Brian Jagde.

****1

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.

Eine bezaubernde Tschaikowski-Rarität zur Saisoneröffnung: Charodeyka im Theater an der Wien