Total Immersion in Das Rheingold

By David Karlin, 13 June 2014

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Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 11 June 2014

Wagner, Das Rheingold (in concert)

Ádám Fischer, Conductor

Hartmut Shörghofer, Director

Zoltán Nyári, Froh

Christian Franz, Loge

Gerhard Siegel, Mime

Hartmut Welker, Alberich

Oskar Hillebrandt, Donner

Egils Siliņš, Wotan

Tünde Szabóki, Freia

Polina Pasztircsák, Woglinde

Erika Gál, Erda

Zsófia Kálnay, Flosshilde

Judit Németh, Fricka

Walter Fink, Fafner

Géza Gábor, Fasolt

MR Symphonics

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Dominic Lowe, 8th June

While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.

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Comic overkill stunts Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Grange Festival

Mark Pullinger, 7th June

Despite excellent vocal performances, David Alden’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto aims at irreverence but overplays the comedy.

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Mozart blows a fuse: Entführung at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Laurence Vittes, 6th June

Jessica Pratt lights up the Parisian skies with her Konstanze in Florent Siaud’s new production of Mozart's Singspiel at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

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Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.

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Musicians of Monsalvat: a new Parsifal opens Budapest’s Wagner Days

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Atlanta Opera's powerful Götterdämmerung caps a landmark Ring cycle

Sam Jacobson, 5th June

With superb singing, inspired orchestral playing and imaginative staging, Atlanta Opera crowns its monumental Wagner undertaking.

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Who needs full staging? Das Rheingold at MüPa in Budapest