Scheitern statt Scheiterhaufen: Die Jungfrau von Orléans in Düsseldorf

Maria Kataeva (Johanna)

Richard Šveda (Lionel), Alexei Botnarciuc (Kardinal), Maria Kataeva (Johanna)

Mara Guseynova (Engel), Maria Kataevea (Johanna) und Richard Šveda (Lionel)

Maria Kataeva (Johanna) und Sami Luttinen (Thibaut d’Arc)

By Svenja Koch, 10 September 2023

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“ein gefühlvolles Charakterportrait einer jungen Frau zwischen Kampfesfrust und Liebeslust”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Düsseldorf on 9 September 2023

Tchaikovsky, The Maid of Orleans

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Vitali Alekseenok, Conductor

Elisabeth Stöppler, Director

Annika Haller, Set Designer

Su Sigmund, Costume Designer

Volker Weinhart, Lighting Designer

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

Anna Melcher, Dramaturgy

Maria Kataeva, Joan of Arc

Luiza Fatyol, Agnès Sorel

Sergei Khomov, King Charles VII

Richard Sveda, Lionel

Thorsten Grümbel, The Archbishop

Evez Abdulla, Dunois

Sami Luttinen, Thibaut d'Arc

Alexander Nesterenko, Raymond

Beniamin Pop, Bertrand

Žilvinas Miškinis, Soldier

Gerhard Michalski, Choirmaster / chorus director

Reality wants augmenting in Daniel Kramer's Die tote Stadt

Eleanor Knight, 16th April

What's a director to do while we wait for technology to catch up with the complexities of the human condition?

***11

Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

Brian Angus, 17th May

What do you do when 80 tonnes of water flood your theatre, your sets and costumes? Rescue, reshape and present what you can. That’s what Deutsche Oper am Rhein have had to do in Duisburg.

***11

All the world's a stage: Xerxes as a comedy of backstage rivalry

Matthew Rye, 17th January

A revival of Stefan Herheim's production of Handel's Xerxes in Düsseldorf makes for a rip-roaring evening of theatrical comedy.

****1

Stars and the score shine in The Count of Luxembourg

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 25th December

Baritone Kay Stiefermann steals hearts at the eponymous Count of Luxembourg, in an operetta so charming that neither musical missteps nor a mixed-up staging can sink it.

***11

Between two worlds: Wozzeck in Düsseldorf

Matthew Rye, 20th October

Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited production of Berg's Wozzeck distances us from the emotional heart of the tragedy by portraying the story as a hallucinatory death-room experience.

****1

Die Zauberflöte in Düsseldorf

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th May

Animated characters are the real stars of an imaginative production of The Magic Flute.

****1

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Svenja Koch

Für Svenja Koch bringt das Schreiben über Musik zwei langjährige Leidenschaften zusammen. Dabei ist die Wahl-Berlinerin immer auf der Suche nach der Geschichte hinter dem Gehört- und Gesehenen. Sie mag Ungewöhnliches, neue Blicke auf Bekanntes und findet lange Vernachlässigtes immer eine Entdeckung wert. Auf Twitter ist sie unter @svenja_loves zu finden.

Scheitern statt Scheiterhaufen: Die Jungfrau von Orléans an der Deutschen Oper am Rhein