Exotik und Erotik bei Thaïs in Salzburg

By Daniel Url, 17 August 2016

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“Bernheims Darbietung bestach durch Klarheit, Finesse und einem verlässlichen Gefühl für Phrasierung”

Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 16 August 2016

Massenet, Thaïs (Concert performance)

Patrick Fournillier, Conductor

Marina Rebeka, Thaïs

Benjamin Bernheim, Nicias

Plácido Domingo, Athanaël

Szilvia Vörös, Albine

Elbenita Kajtazi, Crobyle

Valentina Stadler, Myrtale

Marielle Murphy, La Charmeuse

Simon Shibambu, Palémon

Philharmonia Chor Wien

Munich Radio Orchestra

Walter Zeh, Choirmaster / chorus director

Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre

Eleanor Knight, 1st May

Tales of love and loss as operas by Elena Langer, Charlotte Bray and Elizabeth Maconchy form a varied triple bill in this showcase for The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists.

****1

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

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Daniel Url

Daniel Url hat Musik- & Tanzwissenschaft in Salzburg und Trondheim (Norwegen) studiert. Sein Hauptinteresse gilt der Oper (besonders Wagner und Strauss) und Gesang im Allgemeinen, aber auch großen sinfonischen Werken. Auf der Suche nach der perfekten Opernaufführung durchstreift er regelmäßig die großen Opernhäuser des gesamten deutschsprachigen Raums.

Exotik, Erotik und eine triumphale Vertretung bei Thaïs in Salzburg