LoveAffairs: The future of music theatre

By Saori Kanemaki, 27 June 2014

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“Hier verschmolzen originelle Ideen elf junger Künstler zu einem revolutionären Musiktheaterabend.”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper Berlin: Tischlerei, Berlin on 24 June 2014

Bertelsmeier, Die Nachtigall und die Rose

Przybylski, Musical Land

Bertelsmeier, Querelle

Przybylski, Fall

Martin Nagashima Toft, Director

Belén Montoliú, Costume Designer

Lars Unger, Set Designer

Gideon Poppe, Nachtigall

Katarina Bradić, Frauenstimme II, Seblon

Alexandra Schulz, Frauenstimme III, Nono

Ronnita Miller, Frauenstimme I, Mme Lysiane

Jörg Schörner, Männerstimme, Schoenberg, Königin II

Mimi Jeong, Tänzer

Javier Carranza Uribe, Tänzerin

Laila Salome Fischer, Evita

Christina Sidak, Annie, Vic, Mario

Alexandra Hutton, Maria von Trapp, Querelle

Bini Lee, Königin I

Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

John Gilks, 7th May

Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.

***11

Rossini's Cenerentola proves great fun in Adelaide

Sandra Bowdler, 7th May

Neil Armfield's production for State Opera South Australia combines a sparkling night of entertainment with first class musical values.

****1

Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Christopher Woodley, 5th May

Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden.

****1

The early flowering of opera: a fragrant L’Orfeo at Schwetzingen

Mengguang Huang, 3rd May

Markus Bothe’s Botticelli-inspired production fuses tableau vivant aesthetics with Jörg Halubek’s surgical musical precision, offering a peerless, vivid tribute to the fragrant dawn of opera.

****1

Boston Doodle Dandy: Boston Lyric Opera presents La Fille du régiment

Kevin Wells, 1st May

Very few singers can hold an audience in the palm of their hand the way Brenda Rae as Marie does in this rollicking frolic.

****1

Deep into the American psyche: Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men

Hilary Stroh, 1st May

Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

****1

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Saori Kanemaki

Saori Kanemaki, geboren in Tokio (Japan), lebt seit 2007 in Deutschland. Von 2008 bis 2014 studierte sie Musikwissenschaft an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Zur Zeit beschäftigt sie sich mit dem Erwerb ihres PhD mit dem Thema Trans- und Interkulturalität in der Neuen Musik.

The younger generation assures the future of music theatre with LoveAffairs