Vergänglichkeit und Kitsch: Koskys neuer Rosenkavalier in München

By Isabella Steppan, 23 March 2021

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“Marlis Petersens Sopran floss durch die Partie wie ein gut gemixter Bellini”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 21 March 2021

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier

Bavarian State Opera

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer

Victoria Behr, Costume Designer

Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer

Nikolaus Stenitzer, Dramaturgy

Marlis Petersen, Feldmarschallin

Katharina Konradi, Sophie

Samantha Hankey, Octavian

Johannes Martin Kränzle, Herr von Faninal

Christof Fischesser, Baron Ochs

Eliza Boom, A milliner

Daniela Köhler, Marianne

Ursula Hesse von den Steinen, Annina

George Vîrban, A vendor of pets

Manuel Günther, An innkeeper, Feldmarschallin's Major-Domo

Galeano Salas, Italian Singer

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Valzacchi

Caspar Singh, Faninal's Major-Domo

Christian Rieger, Notary

Peter Lobert, Police inspector

Stellario Fagone, Choirmaster / chorus director

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.

****1

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****1

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Tobias Kratzer's prelude to this new Ring cycle exceeds all expectations and scores a musical-theatrical success.

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All play and no work: an exuberant Figaro in Munich

Orsolya Gyárfás, 17th July

Evgeny Titov's new production is heavy on the jokes and light in substance, but delights anyway thanks to its high-class cast.

****1

Waltzing masks and masquerades in Kosky’s new Fledermaus

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Expect sequins and swinging chandeliers in the Australian director's new Fledermaus at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

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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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