Klaus Florian Vogt impresses in Wagner at the Deutsche Oper

By Zerbinetta, 09 July 2011

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Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 8 July 2011

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, K621: Overture

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, K621: Se all'impero

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

Weber, Oberon: Overture

Weber, Der Freischutz: Max's recitative and aria

Lortzing, Zar und Zimmermann (Tsar and Carpenter): Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen

Wagner, Lohengrin: prelude to Act 3

Wagner, Lohengrin: In fernem Land

Wagner, Die Walküre: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 3

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein

Korngold, Die Tote Stadt: Marietta's Lied, "Glück das mir verblieb"

Flotow, Martha: Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut

Manuela Uhl, Soprano

Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Peter Schneider, Conductor

L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 8th March

A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.

****1

Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 25th January

David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

****1

Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th November

A new production of Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin warms up the cold German winter, featuring strong lead performances by Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman.

***11

Thalheimer’s directs a static new Berlin Tristan und Isolde

Zenaida des Aubris, 1st November

At the start of his farewell to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles shines with his orchestra, supplying the passion and tension withheld in Michael Thalheimer’s production.

****1

Anatomy of a love: Rebecca Saunders’ Lash at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 20th June

Nearing the close of the season, Deutsche Oper Berlin premieres Rebecca Saunders’ first opera Lash – Acts of Love, a visceral reflection on love and death.

*****

Upstairs, downstairs: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 26th January

Tobias Kratzer gives his third Strauss production in three seasons at Deutsche Oper Berlin another contemporary spin.

****1

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Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta is a music educator in the New York area with a background in music performance, theater studies, and history. She is particularly interested in Wagner, Baroque music, and, of course, Richard Strauss.