Bolcolm’s McTeague enjoys a gilded European première in Linz

By Chanda VanderHart, 08 February 2016

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“Çiğdem Soyarslan has the voice of a sensual angel”

Reviewed at Landestheater, Linz on 6 February 2016

Bolcom, McTeague

Landestheater Linz

Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor

Daniel Linton-France, Conductor

Matthias Davids, Director

Mathias Fischer-Dieskau, Set Designer

Susanne Hubrich, Costume Designer

Pedro Velázquez Díaz, McTeague

Corby Welch, McTeague

Myung-Joo Lee, Trina Sieppe

Çiğdem Soyarslan, Trina Sieppe

Karen Robertson, Maria Miranda Macapa

Christa Ratzenböck, Maria Miranda Macapa

Seho Chang, Marcus Schouler

Michael Wagner, Marcus Schouler

Ulf Bunde, Papa Sieppe, Dentist

Cheryl Lichter, Mama Sieppe

Kathryn Handsaker, Mama Sieppe

Nikolai Galkin, Lottery Agent/Health Inspector

Ville Lignell, Dentist

Georg Leopold, Choirmaster / chorus director

Magdalena Hoisbauer, Dramaturgy

Chor des Landestheaters Linz

Bruckner Orchester Linz

Tristan und Isolde arrives in Linz from Bayreuth

Ako Imamura, 25th December

25 years after its creation in Bayreuth, Director Heiner Müller's legendary production of Tristan und Isolde was recreated and presented in Linz with committed performers with great success.

****1

Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt in Linz

Hugo Shirley, 11th April

Hindemith's opera, based on the life and theories of Johannes Kepler, is impressively realised by the Landestheater

****1

Terra Nova larger than life at the Landestheater Linz

Chanda VanderHart, 26th May

I can certainly attest that this was the closest I have ever felt to watching a 3-D thriller in Dolby Surround Sound whilst at the opera.

****1

Carefully calculated, deliberately executed

Ako Imamura, 27th December

Robert Wilson's new production of La traviata in Linz succeeds in communicating the emotional depth of Verdi's tragedy despite his stylized minimalism.

***11

The subconscious at play: Lady in the Dark at the Volksoper

Chanda VanderHart, 18th December

Kurt Weill's musical, with its focus on psychoanalysis, makes its Austrian premiere in the city of Sigmund Freud.

****1

West Side Story visually vibrant but musically mediocre in Hannover

Jonathan Sutherland, 21st December

Matthias Davids’ impressive production needed the dynamism of Dudamel to do justice to Bernstein’s marvellous music.

***11

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.