René Jacobs’ theatrical Entführung

By Nicolas Nguyen, 21 September 2014

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“one thing is sure: Jacobs' approach is always going to be quite different”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 20 September 2014

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

René Jacobs, Conductor

Mari Eriksmoen, Blonde

Robin Johannsen, Konstanze

Maximilian Schmitt, Belmonte

Julian Prégardien, Pedrillo

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Osmin

Cornelius Obonya, Bassa Selim

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Cappella Amsterdam

Tavener's Krishna fails to convince in world premiere

Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener's “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney's production.

***11

Antonia Bembo’s Ercole amante wins hearts at the Opéra de Paris

David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

Amy Lane directs an intimate staging of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s 2018 chamber opera in the compact Milton Court Theatre.

****1

Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

***11

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

Bang! Mozart’s volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

****1

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Nicolas Nguyen

Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.

René Jacobs’ theatrical Entführung aus dem Serail at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam