Undine und Iolanta: zwei russische Märchenopern in Wien

By Alexandra Richter, 24 February 2019

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“Mikhailenko wusste stimmlich durchaus zu berühren”

Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 22 February 2019

Tchaikovsky, Iolanta (Concert performance)

Tchaikovsky, Undina (Concert performance)

Helikon Opera

Vladimir Fedoseyev, Conductor

Elena Mikhailenko, Iolanta, Undina

Ivan Gyngazov, Vaudémont, Huldbrand

Aleksei Isaev, Robert

Alexey Tikhomirov, King René

Olga Tolkmit, Brigitta

Ksenia Vyaznikova, Laura, Bertha

Larisa Kostiuk, Martha

Ivan Volkov, Alméric

Guiorgui Ekimov, Bertrand

Grigory Soloviov, Ibn-Hakia, Goldmann

Evgeny Brazhnik, Conductor

Chorus of Helikon Opera Moscow

Orchestra of Helikon Opera Moscow

A sleazy, sardonic Ballo

Simon Rees, 15th August

The Birgitta Festival is an interesting annual venture put on by the city of Tallinn, and in 2014 it completes its tenth year. The festival is held in the ruined Convent of St Birgitta, set back from Tallinn Bay and on the banks of the River Pirita.

***11

Antonia Bembo’s Ercole amante wins hearts at the Opéra de Paris

David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

Amy Lane directs an intimate staging of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s 2018 chamber opera in the compact Milton Court Theatre.

****1

Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

***11

Bang! Mozart’s volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

****1

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.

Undine und Iolanta: zwei russische Märchenopern am Theater an der Wien