Sekunde für Sekunde Ungewissheit

By Larissa Schütz, 19 May 2015

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“Dieser 'Surround Sound' umschließt das Gesehen und bindet gleichzeitig alles und jeden darin ein.”

Reviewed at Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg on 17 May 2015

Mahmoud, Tahrir

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Conductor

Yekta Kara, Director

Christian Floeren, Costume Designer, Set Designer

Laura Nicorescu, Sahr

Frances Pappas, Mutter

Ilker Arcayürek, Sohn

Giulio Alvise Caselli, Mann

Beatrix Doderer, Moderatorin

Chor des Salzburger Landestheaters

Extrachor des Salzburger Landestheaters

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Christopher Woodley, 5th May

Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden.

****1

The early flowering of opera: a fragrant L’Orfeo at Schwetzingen

Mengguang Huang, 3rd May

Markus Bothe’s Botticelli-inspired production fuses tableau vivant aesthetics with Jörg Halubek’s surgical musical precision, offering a peerless, vivid tribute to the fragrant dawn of opera.

****1

Boston Doodle Dandy: Boston Lyric Opera presents La Fille du régiment

Kevin Wells, 1st May

Very few singers can hold an audience in the palm of their hand the way Brenda Rae as Marie does in this rollicking frolic.

****1

Deep into the American psyche: Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men

Hilary Stroh, 1st May

Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

****1

Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre

Eleanor Knight, 1st May

Tales of love and loss as operas by Elena Langer, Charlotte Bray and Elizabeth Maconchy form a varied triple bill in this showcase for The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists.

****1

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

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Larissa Schütz

Larissa Schütz lebt und studiert Musikwissenschaft in der Mozartstadt Salzburg. Neben der Oper des 18. Jahrhunderts schlägt ihr Herz aber auch für das Musikdrama Wagners und dessen Zeit. Wenn sie nicht gerade im Konzertsaal sitzt, moderiert sie eine Musiksendung bei einem Salzburger Radiosender.

Sekunde für Sekunde Ungewissheit: Hossam Mahmouds Tahrir in Salzburg