Figaro returns to Gothenburg

By Katharina Hogrefe, 18 January 2016

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“Schwartz’s edgy bass-baritone imparted Figaro with the require bite.”

Reviewed at GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg on 17 January 2016

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Gothenburg Opera

Leo Hussain, Conductor

Henrik Schaefer, Director

George Souglides, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Daniel Hällström, Count Almaviva

Maria Luigia Borsi, Countess Almaviva

Markus Schwartz, Figaro

Sofie Asplund, Susanna

Ann-Kristin Jones, Cherubino

Lars Arvidson, Doctor Bartolo

Erik Enqvist, Don Curzio

Iwar Bergkwist, Don Basilio

Peter Loguin, Antonio

Anna Johansson, Barbarina

Carolina Sandgren, Marcellina

Dan O'Neill, Choreography

Giuseppe di Iorio, Lighting Designer

Gothenburg Opera Orchestra

Gothenburg Opera Chorus

Skid/Saaba: a thrilling free fall into contemporary dance

Katie Lawrence, 24th January

Swedish contemporary dance company GöteborgsOperans Danskompani pushes the audience off balance with a quirky, compelling, and innovative double bill.

****1

Hoffmann’s disturbing tales at Gothenburg Opera

David Karlin, 26th November

Krisztian Lada's thoughtful production goes to the dark heart of ETA Hoffmann's stories, mixing Offenbach's deceptively cheerful music with staging that is always impactful and sometimes gross.

*****

Göteborg Opera's gleaming new Siegfried, pandemic style

Katherine Syer, 28th March

Forced to shift to online for the third episode of its Ring cycle, Göteborg Opera delivers absorbing new production by Stephen Langridge.

****1

Sculpture and 3.5 tonnes of clay in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 13th April

Members of the GöteborgsOperans dance company, along with members of choreographer Sidu Larbi Cherkaoui’s own Eastman ensemble, recently danced a joint venture of an extraordinary kind in Winterthur.

***11

Notorious: world première in Gothenburg

Katharina Hogrefe, 19th September

When one of the most sought-after sopranos of our time slips into the role of her most famous countrywoman, the foundations for an eventful evening of opera have already been laid. The Swedish world première Notorious, after Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same title, shows in an all-round successful production that contemporary opera can have a promising future.

*****

Harlequin would be laughing at this La Cenerentola

Richard Milne, 14th May

Wonderful costumes, sublime comic timing, beautiful playing and world class singing. A 5* production of La Cenerentola at the Gothneburg Opera.

*****

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Katharina Hogrefe

Katharina, originally coming from Graz, is currently studying towards a degree in Materials Chemistry in Göteborg. She has a great passion for classical music from Lieder to dramatic orchestral works. She particularly likes music by Bach, Brahms and Mahler.

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