Viva la Kulman!

By Isabella Steppan, 07 July 2016

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“Zögern Sie nicht - gehen Sie hin!”

Reviewed at Seifenfabrik, Graz on 5 July 2016

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah): Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix

Bizet, Carmen: "Habanera", L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Weill, Threepenny Opera: Pirate Jenny

Elisabeth Kulman, Mezzo-soprano

Eduard Kutrowatz, Piano

Die Wiener Theatermusiker

Earth Day: Beethoven and Mahler from Budapest

Cameron Kelsall, 13th September

A program of Beethoven and Mahler from the Budapest Festival Orchestra celebrated the beauty and terror of the natural world.

****1

Kirill Petrenko's new energy proves irresistible at the Philharmonie

Hugo Shirley, 23rd August

Sultry Berg and and a lithe, forceful Beethoven Nine herald an exciting new reign in Berlin.

*****

Three Austrians from three centuries

Roy Westbrook, 22nd February

Even in a flawed performance, The Song of the Earth fills the hearer with its life-affirming carpe diem message.

***11

Bychkov and the Czech Phil explore the limits of Mahler 2

Theodora Serbanescu-Martin, 28th October

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic's performance of Mahler's “Resurrection” Symphony properly revealed the tensions between intensity and stillness, resistance and fragility.

***11

A fresh start for the Czech Philharmonic

Frank Kuznik, 10th October

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony provides both a thrilling opener and apt metaphor for the orchestra's new era under Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov.

****1

New dog, new tricks: Britten Sinfonia and Sir Mark Elder

Rohan Shotton, 10th November

A superb start to the Britten Sinfonia's Brahms cycle.

*****

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Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.

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