Wagners Liebesverbot in Leipzig

By Daniel Url, 03 May 2015

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“Tuomas Pursio spielte den spießigen Spaßverderber überzeugend, doch am Ende verzieh man ihm gerne”

Reviewed at Oper Leipzig, Leipzig on 2 May 2015

Wagner, Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love),

Oper Leipzig

Matthias Foremny, Conductor

Aron Stiehl, Director

Sven Bindseil, Costume Designer

Jürgen Kirner, Set Designer

Magdalena Hinterdobler, Dorella

Lydia Easley, Isabella

Olena Tokar, Mariana

Dan Karlström, Antonio

Guy Mannheim, Claudio

Mark Adler, Luzio

Martin Petzold, Pontio Pilato

Tuomas Pursio, Friedrich

Reinhard Dorn, Brighella

Alessandro Zuppardo, Choirmaster / chorus director

Oper Leipzig Chorus

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Daniel Url

Daniel Url hat Musik- & Tanzwissenschaft in Salzburg und Trondheim (Norwegen) studiert. Sein Hauptinteresse gilt der Oper (besonders Wagner und Strauss) und Gesang im Allgemeinen, aber auch großen sinfonischen Werken. Auf der Suche nach der perfekten Opernaufführung durchstreift er regelmäßig die großen Opernhäuser des gesamten deutschsprachigen Raums.

Große komische Oper: Wagners Liebesverbot in Leipzig