The progress of a rake in Berlin: Krzysztof Warlikowski's production with the Staatsoper

By Max Woods, 12 March 2013

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Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 9 March 2013

Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress

Staatsoper Berlin

David Coleman, Conductor

Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director

Małgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer

Frank Flade, Choirmaster / chorus director

Claude Bardouil, Choreography

Jan Martiník, Trulove

Adriana Kučerová, Anne Trulove

Stephan Rügamer, Tom Rakewell

Gidon Saks, Nick Shadow

Birgit Remmert, Mother Goose

Nicolas Zielinski, Baba the Turk

Erin Caves, Sellem

Gyula Orendt, Keeper of the madhouse

Staatskapelle Berlin

Staatsopernchor Berlin

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Mark Pullinger, 29th March

At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Rafael R Villalobos addresses the problems he perceives with Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, although the musical performances – led by Anna Netrebko – compensate.

***11

Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

Mark Pullinger, 28th March

Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage.

*****

Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 28th February

The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.

****1

Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz premieres at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 14th January

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

**111

Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

Elena Luporini, 14th December

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production.

***11

Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th July

Newly General Music Director Christian Thielemann and Jan Philipp Gloger bring Richard Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau to the Staatsoper Berlin for the first time, but la commedia is hardly stupenda.

**111

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Max Woods

Max studied musicology before moving to Germany to pursue a Masters degree in music performance. He currently teaches music and English and works as a freelance journalist and performer.