Ein Stück vom Himmel: Diana Damraus Marschallin in München

Diana Damrau (Feldmarschallin)

Liv Redpath (Sophie) und Samantha Hankey (Octavian)

Diana Damrau (Feldmarschallin) und Samantha Hankey (Octavian)

Liv Redpath (Sophie) und Samuel Stopford (Haushofmeister bei Faninal)

By Phillip Richter, 25 March 2025

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“Damraus Marschallin geriet zur himmlischen, über allem in dieser Aufführung schwebenden Vollendung”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 23 March 2025

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier

Bavarian State Opera

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer

Victoria Behr, Costume Designer

Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Nikolaus Stenitzer, Dramaturgy

Diana Damrau, Feldmarschallin

Liv Redpath, Sophie

Samantha Hankey, Octavian

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Herr von Faninal

Brindley Sherratt, Baron Ochs

Louise Foor, A milliner

Daniela Köhler, Marianne

Seonwoo Lee, Three noble orphans

Eirin Rognerud, Three noble orphans

Ekaterine Buachidze, Three noble orphans

Claudia Mahnke, Annina

Dafydd Jones, A vendor of pets

Kevin Conners, An innkeeper, Feldmarschallin's Major-Domo

Samuel Stopford, Faninal's Major-Domo

Galeano Salas, Italian Singer

Gerhard Siegel, Valzacchi

Christian Rieger, Notary

Martin Snell, Police inspector

Christoph Heil, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.

****1

No fairy tale: Kušej’s Rusalka works with devastating force in Munich

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Phillip Richter

Phillip fokussiert sich auf die Klassiker der Konzert- und Opernwerke aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum: Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss, Bruckner, Mozart und Schubert sind seine Obsession. Neben Live-Erfahrungen im Konzerthaus schätzt und sammelt er Musik-Einspielungen auch ganz klassisch auf CD.

Ein Stück vom Himmel: Diana Damraus Marschallin an der Bayerischen Staatsoper