Antiker Mythos im Vorstadtweiber-Gewand: Médée in Salzburg

By Isabella Steppan, 05 August 2019

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“Stikhina changierte vokal zwischen lieblicher Sanftheit und brutaler Aggression”

Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 4 August 2019

Cherubini, Médée/Medea

Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor

Simon Stone, Director

Bob Cousins, Set Designer

Mel Page, Costume Designer

Elena Stikhina, Médée

Rosa Feola, Dircé

Alisa Kolosova, Néris

Pavel Černoch, Jason

Vitalij Kowaljow, Créon

Nick Schlieper, Lighting Designer

Christian Arseni, Dramaturgy

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Vienna Philharmonic

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.

*****

Urgent and intense: Innocence opens at the Royal Opera House

Mark Valencia, 17th April

Kaija Saariaho's opera – staged by Simon Stone and the hit of the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Festival – makes its UK debut.

****1

The Met’s new Lucia: a good idea poorly executed by Simon Stone

Ako Imamura, 26th April

The Met unveils Simon Stone’s new production is set in a working class American town in decline... an interesting concept that ultimately fails to overcome its own cluttered ideas.

***11

Emojis instead of emotions in Simon Stone's Traviata in Vienna

Laura Servidei, 18th September

Pretty Yende, Frédéric Antoun and Ludovic Tézier star in Stone’s production at the Wiener Staatsoper, where the orchestra did its magic under the baton of Nicola Luisotti.

**111

At the Festival d'Aix: to hear Tristan... and to die

Romain Daroles, 8th July

The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence gives us a definitive performance of Wagner's opera – but for listening only.

***11

It was all a dream: an absorbing Die tote Stadt in Munich

Matthew Rye, 22nd November

With an unsurpassed cast, devoted conducting and a brilliantly imaginative staging, the Bavarian State Opera's new production of Korngold's Die tote Stadt is a triumph.

*****

More reviews...

Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.