Vom Entstehen einer Oper: Leoš Janáčeks Osud am Janáček-Theater Brno

By Rainer Zerbst, 29 November 2021

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Reviewed at Janáček Theatre (Janáčkovo divadlo), Brno on 27 November 2021

Janáček, Osud (Fate)

National Theatre Brno

Marko Ivanović, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director, Lighting Designer

Radu Boruzescu, Set Designer

Annemarie Woods, Costume Designer

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

Alžběta Poláčková, Míla Valková

Enrico Casari, Živný

Natascha Petrinsky, Míla's mother

Peter Račko, Dr Suda

Jan Šťáva, Lhotský

Lukáš Bařák, Konečký

Daniela Straková-Šedrlová, Miss Stuhlá

Andrea Široká, Miss Pacovská

Philip Sheffield, Tenor

Lorena Randi, Choreography

A sensational Kátya Kabanová in Brno shows Janáček at his very best

Dominic Lowe, 3rd March

A revival of Robert Carsen's production at the Janáček Festival Preview benefits from an excellent cast and exemplary playing from the house ensemble.

*****

In Brno, a vital and resonant Jenůfa

Frank Kuznik, 3rd October

The Janáček Festival maintains its proud tradition with a brave eleventh-hour performance.

****1

Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Pia Maltri, 7th April

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

A sensational Kátya Kabanová in Brno shows Janáček at his very best

Dominic Lowe, 3rd March

A revival of Robert Carsen's production at the Janáček Festival Preview benefits from an excellent cast and exemplary playing from the house ensemble.

*****

The game of love: Robert Carsen’s new Così fan tutte at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 8th November

Alexander Soddy leads a great cast in a clever, supremely entertaining new production in Milan.

****1

Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying

John Gilks, 9th October

The restrained beauty of Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is matched by musical elegance in its revival current revival at the Four Seasons Centre.

*****

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Rainer Zerbst

Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".