Figaro im Kellerloch: radikale Mozart-Premiere an der Komischen Oper

Penny Sofroniadou (Susanna) und Hubert Zapiór (Graf Almaviva)

Le nozze di Figaro

Georgy Kudrenko (Cherubino)

Le nozze di Figaro

Tommaso Barea (Figaro) und Penny Sofroniadou (Susanna)

Hubert Zapiór (Graf Almaviva)

By Svenja Koch, 28 April 2024

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“Serebrennikov bringt eine beißende Sozialkritik auf die Bühne”

Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 27 April 2024

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

Komische Oper Berlin

James Gaffigan, Conductor

Kirill Serebrennikov, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Olga Pavliuk, Set Designer

Tatyana Dolmatovskaya, Costume Designer

Olaf Freese, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin

Maximilian Hagemeyer, Dramaturgy

Ilya Shagalov, Video

Hubert Zapiór, Count Almaviva

Nadja Mchantaf, Countess Almaviva

Tommaso Barea, Figaro

Penny Sofroniadou, Susanna

Susan Zarrabi, Cherubino

Tijl Faveyts, Doctor Bartolo

Karolina Gumos, Marcellina

Johannes Dunz, Don Curzio

Ivan Turšić, Don Basilio

Jens Larsen, Antonio

Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 28th March

The Baroque confectionery of Herbert Fritsch's production of Handel's oratorio belies a serious core which is all too close to today's headlines.

****1

Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Zenaida des Aubris, 31st January

Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.

****1

Masks and obsessions: Evgeny Titov’s Salome at Komische Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 22nd November

Salome is faceless and the Dance of the Seven Veils becomes a sardonic commentary on seduction in Komische Oper Berlin's austere new staging.

****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 blade too dull: Kosky directs Sweeney Todd at Komische Oper

Elena Luporini, 17th November

With a brand new production by Barrie Kosky, Komische Oper Berlin's first venture into the Sondheim repertoire mostly falls flat.

**111

Kirill Serebrennikov’s Marriage of Figaro challenges Edinburgh

David Smythe, 16th August

Komische Oper Berlin's The Marriage of Figaro is staged at the Edinburgh International Festival with a strong cast headed by Penny Sofroniadou and Peter Kellner.

****1

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Svenja Koch

Für Svenja Koch bringt das Schreiben über Musik zwei langjährige Leidenschaften zusammen. Dabei ist die Wahl-Berlinerin immer auf der Suche nach der Geschichte hinter dem Gehört- und Gesehenen. Sie mag Ungewöhnliches, neue Blicke auf Bekanntes und findet lange Vernachlässigtes immer eine Entdeckung wert. Auf Twitter ist sie unter @svenja_loves zu finden.