Eisenstein beached: Opéra de Baugé provide an entertaining Fledermaus

By Roger Smith, 06 August 2013

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Reviewed at Centre Culturel René d'Anjou, Baugé-en-Anjou on 31 July 2013

Strauss II, Die Fledermaus

Eun Woo Chul, Dr Falke

James McOran-Campbell, Gabriel von Eisenstein

Susan Jiwey, Rosalinde

Sirkka Lampimäki, Adele

Rémi Chiorboli, Alfred

James Southall, Conductor

Bernadette Grimmett, Producer

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Phillip Richter, 1st April

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s much-anticipated return to Salzburg gets off to an impressive musical start. Kirill Serebrennikov’s staging raises numerous questions, but answers few of them.

****1

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Mark Pullinger, 29th March

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.

****1

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****1

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.

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.