Portents in place for a downfall

By Christoph Wurzel, 18 June 2016

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“Ádám Fischer elicits iridescent colours which expand to almost impressionistic stereophony”

Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 16 June 2016

Wagner, Das Rheingold

Ádám Fischer, Conductor

Hartmut Schörghofer, Director, Set Designer

Gabriella Fodor, Wellgunde

Eszter Wierdl, Woglinde

Erika Gál, Erda

Zsófia Kálnay, Flosshilde

Zoltán Nyári, Froh

Christian Franz, Loge

Gerhard Siegel, Mime

Johan Reuter, Wotan

Walter Fink, Fafner

Gábor Bretz, Fasolt

Atala Schöck, Fricka

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Commanding Götterdämmerung brings Müpa's Ring to a blazing end

Orsolya Gyárfás, 18th June

With Iréne Theorin's Brünnhilde rejuvenated, the Ring receives a worthy finale at the Budapest Wagner Days.

****1

Wälsungenblut: Schneider and Skelton shine at Budapest Wagner Days

Orsolya Gyárfás, 16th June

The pure magic of Ádám Fischer and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra delights with two brilliant leads, but others disappoint on the second day of Müpa's Ring.

***11

Staging sorcery: Dvořák's Armida played straight in Wexford

Roy Westbrook, 23rd October

Dvořák’s final opera gets a rare staging outside its Czech homeland, at Wexford – the festival where dead operas return to life.

****1

A thunderous end to the 2019 Budapest Ring

David Karlin, 16th June

A Ring cycle of sustained excellence closes with telling contributions from Foster, Vinke and Pesendorfer in the three lead roles.

*****

Konieczny's Wanderer outstanding in Siegfried in Budapest

David Karlin, 15th June

Müpa's Ring sees all-round musical excellence for a third night in row, which will be remembered more than the various distracting miscues in the staging.

****1

Reuter and Schöck turn up the heat in Die Walküre in Budapest

David Karlin, 14th June

Six excellent singers bring out the best in Wagner's dramatic narrative, marred only by a Ride of the Valkyries that fails to convince.

****1

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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.

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