Everything that happened: Goebbels Vision zukünftigen Musiktheaters

By Michael Klier, 28 August 2019

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“seit jeher geht es Goebbels darum zu irritieren, Blicke zu öffnen, Neues zu suchen”

Reviewed at Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum on 26 August 2019

Goebbels, Everything that happened and would happen

Heiner Goebbels, Director

Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer

Gianni Gebbia, Saxophone

Léo Maurel, Organ

Cécile Lartigau, Ondes Martenot

René Liebert, Video

Musikfabrik parades new Partch instruments in slapstick tragedy

Jacob Slattery, 23rd July

Under the direction of Heiner Goebbels, Ensemble Musikfabrik’s twenty-two multifaceted percussionist-vocalist-actor musicians executed an industrious performance of Partch’s magnum opus, The Delusion of the Fury.

****1

Opulent minimalism: Kosky directs a new staging of Akhnaten

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd March

Barrie Kosky's new production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten for Komische Oper at the Schillertheater removes any egyptological references.

****1

A feast for the eyes and ears: Lehár’s Merry Widow in Zurich

Thomas Schacher, 20th February

Barrie Kosky stages the famous Viennese operetta as a whirlwind spectacle. Marlis Petersen shines in the title role vocally and theatrically. Michael Volle does not live up to expectations.

****1

Werther in the sky at Opernhaus Zürich

Laura Servidei, 23rd January

Benjamin Bernheim leads a very good cast in a revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's interesting 2017 production.

***11

Oropesa and Bernheim triumph in Lucia di Lammermoor in Zurich

Laura Servidei, 4th June

The Opernhaus Zürich revives Tatjana Gürbaca's underwhelming production of Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece but with two absolute stars in the main roles.

***11

Gürbaca's Rigoletto is back on the table in Zürich

Laura Servidei, 10th April

The Opernhaus Zürich revives Tatjana Gürbaca’s uninspiring production of Verdi’s masterpiece, with a solid cast under the baton of Leonardo Sini.

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.

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