Progressiv, expressiv: Gunfighter Nation in Berlin

By Saori Kanemaki, 12 November 2016

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Reviewed at Ballhaus Ost, Berlin on 10 November 2016

Gardner, Gunfighter Nation

Opera Lab Berlin

Antoine Daurat, Conductor

Michael Höppner, Director

Martin Miotk, Set Designer

Andy Besuch, Costume Designer

Manuel Nawri, Conductor

Fabian Eichner, Lighting Designer

Yuka Yanagihara, Soprano

Gina May Walter, Soprano

Lena Haselmann, Mezzo-soprano

Martin Gerke, Baritone

Georg Bochow, Countertenor

Enrico Wenzel, Vocals

Jone Bolibar, Clarinet

Shin-Joo Morgantini, Flute

Mia Bodet, Violin

Evdoxia Filippou, Percussion

Alexandros Giovanos, Percussion

David Eggert, Cello

Jack Adler McKean, Tuba

Matthew Conley, Trumpet

Matthias Koole, Guitar

Musashi Baba, Conductor

Tosca G8 and the art of metavoice in Berlin

Ivan Chiarelli, 1st November

Using both pre-recorded and live music, video, in- and off-scene action, Neuköllner Oper raises interesting questions about the intersection of arts and politics in this setting of Tosca.

****1

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

Anna Netrebko shines in Vienna’s timeless Tosca

Laura Servidei, 18th April

In a world where opera productions often stray into the abstract, the Wiener Staatsoper’s Tosca offers a refreshing return to tradition – and Anna Netrebko delivers a splendid performance.

****1

Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

Clare Varney, 17th April

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.

****1

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Saori Kanemaki

Saori Kanemaki, geboren in Tokio (Japan), lebt seit 2007 in Deutschland. Von 2008 bis 2014 studierte sie Musikwissenschaft an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Zur Zeit beschäftigt sie sich mit dem Erwerb ihres PhD mit dem Thema Trans- und Interkulturalität in der Neuen Musik.

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