The perils of craft kits - Fierrabras in Salzburg

By Larissa Schütz, 17 August 2014

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“of valiant knights, who desire nothing but freedom in their homeland, and, of course, women”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 16 August 2014

Schubert, Fierrabras

Ingo Metzmacher, Director

Ferdinand Wögerbauer, Set Designer

Annamaria Heinreich, Costume Designer

Julia Kleiter, Soprano

Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano

Marie-Claude Chappuis, Mezzo-soprano

Michael Schade, Tenor

Georg Zeppenfeld, Bass

Markus Werba, Baritone

Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor

Peter Kálmán, Baritone

Manuel Walser, Baritone

Vienna Philharmonic

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A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose.

****1

A contemporary burnish for Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 19th September

With a wild world premiere, the Dvořák’s Prague festival expands its musical palette and heightens its standing.

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Song of Destiny: Enescu's Oedipe at the Salzburg Festival

Matthew Rye, 14th August

Salzburg's new staging of Enescu's operatic epic Oedipe is a visual and musical triumph.

****1

Tetzlaff's superb Berg with the Cleveland Orchestra

Timothy Robson, 27th October

Early works by Schoenberg and Webern filled out an austere program.

****1

Musically superlative Das Floß der Medusa at DNO

Jenny Camilleri, 13th March

Ingo Metzmacher leads a musically formidable performance of Hans Werner Henze’s shipwreck oratorio. Romeo Castellucci’s staging engages the senses but remains emotionally distant.

****1

A vocally strong Lulu in Vienna

Ako Imamura, 6th December

Vienna staged the first three-act performance of Lulu with Willy Decker adding to his 2000 production, with excellent singing contributing to its success.

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Larissa Schütz

Larissa Schütz lebt und studiert Musikwissenschaft in der Mozartstadt Salzburg. Neben der Oper des 18. Jahrhunderts schlägt ihr Herz aber auch für das Musikdrama Wagners und dessen Zeit. Wenn sie nicht gerade im Konzertsaal sitzt, moderiert sie eine Musiksendung bei einem Salzburger Radiosender.