Minimalist Oidípous doesn't quite hypnotise

By David Pinedo, 07 July 2014

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“Tsoupaki's new creation is a haunting adaptation of the Greek tragedy”

Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 29 June 2014

Tsoupaki, Oidípious

Jos van Veldhoven, Conductor

Pierre Audi, Director

Christof Hetzer, Set Designer

Marcel Beekman, Tenor

Nora Fischer, Soprano

Harry van der Kamp, Bass

Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Handel’s Alcina makes its overdue Rome debut

Pia Maltri, 18th March

Illusion – theatrical illusion – is the theme of Pierre Audi's staging of Alcina, Handel’s beloved opera which finally makes its debut in Rome.

****1

An immersion into the psyche of Stockhausen at the Park Avenue Armory

Kurt Gottschalk, 8th June

Inside Light, which takes music from Karlheinz Stockhausen's massive, 29-hour opera cycle Licht, adds to the enigma while creating its own spectacle.

****1

Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Audi's bleakness in Munich

Ako Imamura, 14th April

The Bayerische Staatsoper's revival of a controversial production containing Georg Baselitz’s artwork succeeds with strong musical performances led by veterans of Wagnerian operas.

****1

Once more around the catwalk: Audi's Walküre in Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 16th November

Dutch National Opera revives Pierre Audi's acclaimed Die Walküre for the very last time.

*****

Airborne string players and choral wizardry in aus LICHT Part 3

Jenny Camilleri, 2nd June

In the final instalment of aus LICHT, the Helicopter String Quartet lives up to the publicity hype and choirs perform marvellous feats.

****1

Hypnotic, diabolical and magical:

Jenny Camilleri, 1st June

The second day of aus LICHT is one mesmerising highlight after another, including the Netherlands Youth and Children’s Choirs in one magical and one sinister procession.

****1

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