Julia Kleiter at the Schubertiade

By Sarah Batschelet, 28 August 2016

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“Kleiter rendered Nachtviolen like a lullaby, tending towards the sweetly soporific”

Reviewed at Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, Schwarzenberg on 26 August 2016

Works by Schubert

Julia Kleiter, Soprano

Michael Gees, Piano

Voyage d’hiver au pied des Pyrénées : Michael Gees et Christoph Prégardien

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 13th January

L’œuvre du compositeur allemand et maître incontesté du lied était illustrée par deux de ses compatriotes : le pianiste Michael Gees et le ténor Christoph Prégardien.

***11

Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

Mark Pullinger, 28th March

Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage.

*****

Gardiner runs Mozart ragged in The Royal Opera's Figaro

Mark Valencia, 29th June

An exquisitely matched pair of sopranos as Susanna and the Countess make up for some quirky casting elsewhere.

***11

Einspringer save the day in a joyous Staatsoper Meistersinger

Hugo Shirley, 14th April

There's little to like in Andrea Moses' production, but a fine cast and glorious playing and conducting make for an enthralling performance of Wagner's grand comedy.

****1

Michael Volle leaps in for Munich's Meistersinger

Ako Imamura, 30th September

Michael Volle and Klaus Florian Vogt demonstrate that they are indeed master singers in Munich, despite adversity, in a revival of David Bösch's contemporary production.

****1

The BRSO brings seldom performed works to Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 24th March

In a varied programme at Lucerne’s 2018 Easter Festival, Mariss Jansons conducted the BRSO and Choir in works by Stravinsky, Hummel and Beethoven.

****1

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.

In the shimmer of evening: Julia Kleiter at the Schubertiade