Experiment Rheingold: Tcherniakov’s new Ring at the Staatsoper Berlin

Peter Rose, Mika Kares, Lauri Vasar, Rolando Villazón, Siyabonga Maqungo, Claudia Mahnke, M. Volle

Das Rheingold

Michael Volle (Wotan)

Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich)

Michael Volle (Wotan), Stephan Rügamer (Mime) and Rolando Villazón (Loge)

By Alexandra Richter, 03 October 2022

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“Thielemann and the Staatskapelle were the centre of attention”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 2 October 2022

Wagner, Das Rheingold

Staatsoper Berlin

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director, Set Designer

Elena Zaytseva, Costume Designer

Gleb Filshtinsky, Lighting Designer

Staatskapelle Berlin

Tatiana Vereshchagina, Dramaturgy

Christoph Lang, Dramaturgy

Michael Volle, Wotan

Lauri Vasar, Donner

Siyabonga Maqungo, Froh

Rolando Villazón, Loge

Johannes Martin Kränzle, Alberich

Stephan Rügamer, Mime

Mika Kares, Fasolt

Peter Rose, Fafner

Claudia Mahnke, Fricka

Vida Miknevičiūtė, Freia

Anna Kissjudit, Erda

Evelin Novak, Woglinde

Natalia Skrycka, Wellgunde

Anna Lapkovskaja, Flosshilde

Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo

Mark Pullinger, 29th March

At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Rafael R Villalobos addresses the problems he perceives with Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, although the musical performances – led by Anna Netrebko – compensate.

***11

Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

Mark Pullinger, 28th March

Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage.

*****

Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 28th February

The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.

****1

Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz premieres at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 14th January

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

**111

Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

Elena Luporini, 14th December

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production.

***11

Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th July

Newly General Music Director Christian Thielemann and Jan Philipp Gloger bring Richard Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau to the Staatsoper Berlin for the first time, but la commedia is hardly stupenda.

**111

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.

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