Ein packendes Tagebuch eines Verschollenen mit Pavol Breslik

By David Renke, 29 June 2020

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 28 June 2020

Janáček, The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Friederike Blum, Director

Pavol Breslik, Janicek

Daria Proszek, Zefka

Sarah Gilford, Soprano

Mirjam Mesak, Soprano

Noa Beinart, Mezzo-soprano

Róbert Pechanec, Piano

Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared staged in Munich

Edward Sava-Segal, 8th February

Pavol Breslik had no difficulties in rendering the intricacies of Janáček’s vocal language, shaped by Moravian folk music and speech patterns.

***11

Comic overkill stunts Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Grange Festival

Mark Pullinger, 7th June

Despite excellent vocal performances, David Alden’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto aims at irreverence but overplays the comedy.

***11

Mozart blows a fuse : Entführung at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Laurence Vittes, 6th June

Jessica Pratt lights up the Parisian skies with her Konstanze in Florent Siaud’s new production of Mozart's Singspiel at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

***11

Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.

****1

Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale

Eleanor Knight, 4th June

Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.

*****

Tavener’s Krishna fails to convince in world premiere

Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener’s “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney’s production.

***11

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David Renke

David Renke, geboren in München, hat Musikwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln studiert, wechselte dann zum Studiengang Medien und Kommunikation an die Universität Passau. Er spielt Klavier, Gitarre und ist als Sänger in verschiedenen Chören in Süddeutschland tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.

Ein packendes Tagebuch eines Verschollenen mit Pavol Breslik in München