“Six shall obey, the seventh betray"

By Daniel Url, 04 May 2015

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“Zeppenfeld played Kaspar excellently with his powerful, dark bass”

Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 3 May 2015

Weber, Der Freischütz

Semperoper Dresden

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Axel Köhler, Director

Katharina Weissenborn, Costume Designer

Arne Walther, Set Designer

Sara Jakubiak, Agathe

Christina Landshamer, Ännchen

Michael König, Max

Georg Zeppenfeld, Kaspar

Sebastian Wartig, Kilian

Adrian Eröd, Ottokar

Andreas Bauer Kanabas, A Hermit

Albert Dohmen, Kuno

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

Staatskapelle Dresden

Thielemann bids farewell to Dresden with an excellent new FroSch

Ako Imamura, 27th March

David Bösch directs a creative and thoughtful new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Semperoper in Christian Thielemann's final opera as Principal Conductor.

*****

Detlev Glanert's Die Jüdin von Toledo premieres at the Semperoper

Zenaida des Aubris, 10th February

Robert Carsen stages the world premiere production of Glanert's opera, based Franz Grillparzer's 1851 play, in stringent, minimalist style.

*****

Moving singing, but missed opportunities in Dresden’s new Aida

Zoltán Szabó, 17th March

Katharina Thalbach offers a traditional staging at the Semperoper, with fine vocal performances led by Krassimira Stoyanova, Francesco Meli and Oksana Volkova.

***11

Peter Konwitschny returns to the Semperoper with Les Huguenots

Laura Servidei, 29th June

John Osborn leads a very successful premiere of Peter Konwitschny's new production of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots in Dresden

****1

Nabucco marks a successful debut of Saioa Hernández as Abigaille

Laura Servidei, 25th May

Saioa Hernández leads a solid cast in Dresden in a somewhat disappointing new production by David Bösch.

***11

Folk rhythms and changing times in Dresden's Bartered Bride

John Johnston, 25th April

What brought real distinction and authenticity to the evening, as so often in this house, was the outstanding playing of the Staatskapelle conducted by Tomaš Netopil. From the start of the overture with its rapidly scurrying fugato for strings and pointed phrasing from the woodwind one felt the true sense of Smetana’s Czech inflected rhythms and harmonies

***11

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Daniel Url

Daniel Url hat Musik- & Tanzwissenschaft in Salzburg und Trondheim (Norwegen) studiert. Sein Hauptinteresse gilt der Oper (besonders Wagner und Strauss) und Gesang im Allgemeinen, aber auch großen sinfonischen Werken. Auf der Suche nach der perfekten Opernaufführung durchstreift er regelmäßig die großen Opernhäuser des gesamten deutschsprachigen Raums.

“Six shall obey, the seventh betray": the Semperoper's new production of Weber's Freischütz