Jurowski completes his slow-burn LPO Ring cycle with Götterdämmerung

Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Svetlana Sozdateleva and the LPO

Svetlana Sozdateleva, Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

Albert Dohmen, Günter Papendell and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace

Burkhard Fritz and Svetlana Sozdateleva

By Mark Valencia, 28 April 2024

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“a long ride in a slow machine”

Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 27 April 2024

Wagner, Götterdämmerung

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Choir

Burkhard Fritz, Siegfried

Svetlana Sozdateleva, Brünnhilde

Günter Papendell, Gunther

Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Gutrune

Albert Dohmen, Hagen

Robert Hayward, Alberich

Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Waltraute

Claudia Huckle, First Norn

Claire Barnett-Jones, Second Norn

Evelina Dobračeva, Third Norn

Alexandra Lowe, Wellgunde

Alina Adamski, Woglinde

Angharad Lyddon, Flosshilde

London Voices

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

Trojan’s Carousel: a magical night of dreams come true in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 23rd April

A vintage opera at the National Theatre offers charming adventures for children and musical sophistication for adults.

*****

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Vladimir Jurowski completes his slow-burn LPO Ring cycle with Götterdämmerung