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By Christoph Wurzel, 15 June 2015

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“Aarons wandlungsfähige Stimme ließ im Glückstaumel die Koloraturen brillant perlen”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgart on 13 June 2015

Verdi, Luisa Miller

Marco Comin, Conductor

Markus Dietz, Director

Franz Lehr, Set Designer

Anna Eiermann, Costume Designer

Adina Aaron, Luisa

Ramona Zaharia, Federica, Duchess of Ostheim

Josefin Feiler, Laura

Dmytro Popov, Rodolfo

Gaston Rivero, Rodolfo

Evez Abdulla, Miller

Adam Palka, Count Walter

Attila Jun, Wurm

“Auf nach Mahagonny" in Mannheim!

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 30th December

A modern Mahagonny rises and falls in Mannheim, brought to life by a great cast of singer-actors and a conductor (Benjamin Reiners) and orchestra who celebrate Weill's catchy score.

****1

Polished Mahagonny: Weill and Brecht's satire remains as relevant as ever

Matthew Rye, 1st July

Nationaltheater Mannheim's new production of Brecht and Weill's collaboration is a true company achievement and a thrilling evening of music and theatre.

****1

Regents Opera’s Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall

Mark Pullinger, 10th April

Mark Ravenhill directs a brutal, bloody Salome for Regents Opera at the spiritual home of British boxing, York Hall.

****1

Art imitates art in ETO’s bracing new Pagliacci

Dominic Lowe, 10th April

Divorced from Cavalleria rusticana, English Touring Opera’s contemporary take on Leoncavallo’s masterpiece ticks all the boxes.

****1

Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Pia Maltri, 7th April

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

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Christoph Wurzel

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.

Wie Freiwild gejagt: Luisa Miller in Stuttgart