In full sail: Ida Ränzlöv and the heritage of Birgit Nilsson

Ida Ränzlöv

By Peter Quantrill, 16 August 2023

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“a creature of the stage who commands the space and draws in the audience to her”

Reviewed at Västra Karup Church, Båstad on 11 August 2023

Bizet, Carmen: Chanson Bohème

Works by Hahn

Strauss R., Sehnsucht, Op.32 no.2

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier: Wie du warst

Strauss R., Heimliche Aufforderung, Op.27 no.3

Strauss R., Zueignung (Dedication), Op.10 no.1

Dvořák, Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs) on poems by A. Heyduk, Op.55

Cilea, Danza no. 2

Cilea, 3 Pezzi, Op.29: Romanza

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa

Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder: Schmerzen

Ida Ränzlöv, Mezzo-soprano

Magnus Svensson, Piano

Iréne Theorin makes Stockholm Konserthuset debut

Laura Servidei, 18th January

A programme of songs by Wolf, Strauss, and Scandinavian composers, with Iréne Theorin and Ulrika Tenstam.

***11

A Liederabend in Stockholm

Laura Servidei, 30th November

An evening of songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Quilter, and several Scandinavian composers.

Tears on the picnic lawn: Madama Butterfly at Glyndebourne

Mark Pullinger, 19th May

After dipping its toe in the cherry blossom for Glyndebourne's Tour in 2016, Annilese Miskimmon's staging of Puccini's gut-wrencher hits the main festival.

***11

Britten's recurring Dream at the Royal College of Music

Mark Valencia, 5th March

Timothy Edlin was a superb ass, first among six equals, in Liam Steel's production.

***11

Woodland Tales: Vixen at the RCM

Dominic Lowe, 27th November

The Royal College of Music's first opera of the season, The Cunning Little Vixen has some excellent singing and first-class playing from the student orchestra.

***11

Komödiantischer Falstaff an der Staatsoper Stuttgart

Christoph Wurzel, 27th November

Zwar gibt es hier viel zu lachen, aber die zweifellos brillante Regie betont vornehmlich die Komik. Was noch an Tiefgang in der Oper steckt, nämlich die bittere Erkenntnis, zu wieviel Zynismus doch auch die Menschen fähig sind, kommt dadurch etwas zu kurz.

****1

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Peter Quantrill

Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to Gramophone, The Strad and other journals. Recent programme notes have been published by the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Ballet. He also writes about music and musicians for many record labels including Eloquence, Delphian, Signum, Danacord and Brilliant Classics. Once unplugged from his hi-fi, he can generally be found in a London concert hall or at the cricket, and he tweets (sporadically) @PeterQuantrill.