Mittwoch aus Licht by Birmingham Opera: An achievement on an Olympian scale

By Dorothy Wilson, 27 August 2012

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Reviewed at Argyle Works, Birmingham on 24 August 2012

Stockhausen, Mittwoch aus Licht

Birmingham Opera Company

Graham Vick, Director

Ex Cathedra

London Voices

Robert Levine, 29th September

Making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, the wife of Met GM Peter Gelb crushes any talk of nepotism at the downbeat.

*****

Elena Luporini, 18th October

Graham Vick's new staging of Mozart's unfinished Singspiel marks a welcome, exciting reopening of Teatro Costanzi after the Covid-19 shutdown.

****1

Laura Servidei, 14th August

Michele Mariotti triumphs in Rossini’s masterpiece with a good cast led by Salome Jicia and a new production, only partially successful.

****1

Renato Verga, 28th May

The wealth of visual images displayed by director Graham Vick goes with the extraordinary richness of Korngold's music.

****1

Renato Verga, 3rd November

Graham Vick stages his Marriage of Figaro in todays vulgarity, but he is not fully convincing.

***11

Hugo Shirley, 23rd September

Peter Seiffert can still impress as Tristan, but Graham Vick's staging is uncertain and unconvincing.

***11