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Wenn Warten zur Webart wird: Faurés hochromantische Pénélope in München

Victoria Karkacheva (Pénélope)
© Bernd Uhlig
Brandon Jovanovich (Ulysse)
© Bernd Uhlig
Pénélope
© Bernd Uhlig
Brandon Jovanovich (Ulysse)
© Bernd Uhlig
Brandon Jovanovich (Ulysse) und Victoria Karkacheva (Pénélope)
© Bernd Uhlig
By Michael Vieth, 25 July 2025
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“Victoria Karkacheva in der Titelrolle von stimmlich bezwingender Präsenz”
Reviewed at Prinzregententheater, Munich on 23 July 2025
Programme
Fauré, Pénélope
Performers
Bavarian State Opera
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
Andrea Breth, Director
Raimund Orfeo Voigt, Set Designer
Ursula Renzenbrink, Costume Designer
Alexander Koppelmann, Lighting Designer
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Klaus Bertisch, Dramaturgy
Lukas Leipfinger, Dramaturgy
Victoria Karkacheva, Pénélope
Brandon Jovanovich, Ulysse
Thomas Mole, Eumée
Rinat Shaham, Euryclée
Loïc Félix, Antinoüs
Martina Myskohlid, Alkandre
Seonwoo Lee, Mélantho
Ena Pongrac, Phylo
Zachary Rioux, Ctésippe
Dafydd Jones, Pisandre
Leigh Melrose, Eurymache
Emily Sierra, Cléone
Joel Williams, Leodès
Eirin Rognerud, Lydie
Elene Gvritishvili, A follower
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Michael Vieth
Michael Vieth
Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.