Die Aufteilung der Welt: Erinnerung an eine vergessene Barockoper

By Cristina Burack, 02 September 2019

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“Sophie Junker zeigte, dass es hier um eine Frau geht, die ihre Macht kennt und beherrscht”

Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 30 August 2019

Legrenzi, La divisione del mondo (Concert performance)

Christophe Rousset, Conductor

Carlo Allemano, Giove

Stuart Jackson, Nettuno

André Morsch, Plutone

Arnaud Richard, Saturno

Axelle Fanyo, Giunone

Sophie Junker, Venere

Jake Arditti, Apollo

Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Marte

Soraya Mafi, Cinzia

Ada Elodie Tuca, Cupido

Rupert Enticknap, Mercurio

Alberto Miguélez Rouco, Discordia

Les Talens Lyriques

10 Days in a Madhouse receives Canadian premiere

John Gilks, 16th June

10 Days in a Madhouse is a musically and dramatically excellent but disturbing insight into conditions in a women’s asylum brought to life in Toronto by an excellent production.

****1

Galați Cenerentola lights up the Bucharest stage

Peter Quantrill, 15th June

First class young voices and bewitchingly stylised designs shine through the murk at the Bucharest Opera Festival.

****1

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Roy Westbrook, 14th June

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

****1

Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 12th June

Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

**111

Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande

Eleanor Knight, 12th June

Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.

****1

Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

David Karlin, 12th June

Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.

****1

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Cristina Burack

Cristina Burack studied piano and flute for many years, before earning her BM in Voice and Opera performance at Northwestern University, with a strong focus on German Lieder, as well as a BA in History. After continuing her vocal studies in Vienna, she turned her professional focus to communications. She is a freelance journalist who particularly enjoys covering the intersection of music, history and politics.