Glück in der Musik, Pech in der Inszenierung: Der Spieler in Salzburg

Asmik Grigorian (Polina) und Sean Panikkar (Alexej Iwanowitsch)

Sean Panikkar (Alexej), Nicole Chirka (Blanche), Michael Arivony (Astley), Asmik Grigorian (Polina)

Der Spieler

Sean Panikkar (Alexej Iwanowitsch)

Sean Panikkar (Alexej), Violeta Urmana (Babulenka), Joseph Parrish (Potapytsch), Asmik Grigorian

Juan F. Gatell (Marquis), Nicole Chirka (Blanche), Sean Panikkar, Peixin Chen (Der General a. D.)

Sean Panikkar (Alexej Iwanowitsch), Violeta Urmana (Babulenka) und Asmik Grigorian (Polina)

By Isabella Steppan, 23 August 2024

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“es wirkt, als wäre Sellars zu den Figuren, ihren Emotionen, ihren Beziehungen nichts eingefallen”

Reviewed at Felsenreitschule, Salzburg on 22 August 2024

Prokofiev, The Gambler

Timur Zangiev, Conductor

Peter Sellars, Director

George Tsypin, Set Designer

Camille Assaf, Costume Designer

James F Ingalls, Lighting Designer

Vienna Philharmonic

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Peixin Chen, The General

Asmik Grigorian, Polina

Sean Panikkar, Alexei

Nicole Chirka, Blanche

Juan Francisco Gatell, The Marquis

Michael Arivony, Mr Astley

Ilja Kazakov, The Baron

Violeta Urmana, Babulenka

Ya-Chung Huang, Prince Nilsky

Julia Bullock in Meditations for Joséphine at Adelaide Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 3rd March

A challenging depiction of Joséphine Baker brilliantly performed by Julia Bullock under the direction of Peter Sellars at the Adelaide Festival.

****1

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Pia Maltri, 11th October

This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

****1

Matthew Aucoin's Music for New Bodies at Lincoln Center

Kurt Gottschalk, 10th July

Aucoin, librettist Jorie Graham and director Peter Sellars make New Bodies more a haunting mood piece than a cautionary tale for the American Modern Opera Company.

****1

Bach cantatas, American spirituals, global calamity

Kurt Gottschalk, 21st May

The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: an intermingling of Bach’s cantatas and American spirituals depicts an environmental message that the impending end won’t be personal, but global.

***11

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th November

Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.

***11

An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues

Kurt Gottschalk, 27th September

Sorey’s instrumentation mirrors Feldman’s Rothko Chapel in a moving evening of musical high drama at Park Avenue Armory.

*****

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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.