Boris Blachers ausdrucksstarker Romeo und Julia in Duisburg

By Michael Vieth, 18 April 2021

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“unerwartet gegenwärtig”

Reviewed at Theater Duisburg, Duisburg on 17 April 2021

Blacher, Romeo und Julia

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Christoph Stöcker, Conductor

Manuel Schmitt, Director

Heike Scheele, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Thomas Tarnogorski, Lighting Designer

Jussi Myllys, Romeo

Lavinia Dames, Julia

Katarzyna Kuncio, Lady Capulet

Günes Gürle, Capulet

Andrés Sulbarán, Tybalt

Beniamin Pop, Benvolio

Renée Morloc, Amme

Florian Simson, Chansoniier

Duisburger Philharmoniker

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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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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.