An expanded Diary of One Who Disappeared at BAM

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 April 2019

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“van Hove took Janáček’s opus as the starting point for one of his Gesamtkunstwerke”

Reviewed at BAM: Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City on 6 April 2019

Janáček, The Diary of One Who Disappeared ((+ additional music by Annelies Van Parys))

Muziektheater Transparant

Ivo van Hove, Director

Jan Versweyveld, Set Designer

An D'Huys, Costume Designer

Marie Hamard, Zefka

Andrew Dickinson, Janicek

Lada Valešová, Piano

Mitra: ein beklemmender Krimi von Jorge Léon beim Holland Festival

Michael Klier, 11th June

Die Video-Oper Mitra von Eva Reiter und George van Dam ist ein gewagtes Experiment, das nicht nur intensiv bedrückt, sondern auch den Alltag der Institution Psychiatrie unnötig verzerrt.

***11

Ivo van Hove’s Don Giovanni makes a welcome reappearance at the Met

Robert Levine, 24th September

Opera lovers’ favorite roué is back at the Met, with the charismatic Ryan Speedo Green taking on the title role.

****1

A vision of Death Row: Heggie’s Dead Man Walking opens the Met season

Robert Levine, 26th September

The Metropolitan Opera makes good on its promise to present more contemporary work, opening the season with Jake Heggie's gut wrenching tale of rage and redemption.

*****

Ivo van Hove's bleak, effective Don Giovanni arrives at the Met

Robert Levine, 9th May

Peter Mattei's smooth-as-silk baritone leads a handsome cast in the Metropolitan Opera's bleak new production of Mozart's great dramma giocoso.

****1

Don Giovanni according to Ivo van Hove: a puritan despite himself?

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 16th June

Don Giovanni returns to the Palais Garnier. The production by Ivo van Hove lacks energy but is wonderfully served by a cast of great young talents.

***11

The Diary of One Who Disappeared embellished by Ivo van Hove

Mark Valencia, 6th June

Best of all is the self-effacing pianism of Lada Valešová, a constant yet discreet onstage presence.

**111

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

An expanded Diary of One Who Disappeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music