There will be blood! Elektra at the Proms

By Charlotte Valori, 02 September 2014

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“her final lines to Aegisth dripped with girlish sarcasm”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 31 August 2014

Strauss R., Elektra (sung in German)

Semyon Bychkov, Conductor

Gun-Brit Barkmin, Chrysothemis

Christine Goerke, Elektra

Dame Felicity Palmer, Klytaemnestra

Robert Künzli, Aegisth

Johan Reuter, Orest

Hanna Hipp, Maid 3

Marie-Ève Munger, Maid 4

Iris Kupke, Maid 5

Miranda Keys, Overseer

Katarina Bradić, Maid 1

Zoryana Kushpler, Maid 2

Ivan Turšić, Young Servant

Jongmin Park, Orest's Tutor

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Justin Way, Director

A meta Norma in Naples turns Druid revolt into Italian insurrection

Lorenzo Fiorito, 12th March

When in doubt, stage the action in a theatre. Australian director Justin Way gets in the way of Bellini's Norma at the Teatro di San Carlo.

***11

Pinchgut Opera brings Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée to Sydney

Sandra Bowdler, 1st December

Erin Helyard and his cast bring terrifically strong musical values to Charpentier's Médée, but Justin Way's production falters.

***11

Nina Stemme Sensational as Salome

Gavin Dixon, 30th August

A respectable performance by Deutsche Oper Berlin, raised to another level by Nina Stemme in the title role

****1

La vida como arte: Adriana Lecouvreur de Summers y McVicar

Maria Sánchez, 16th June

La elegancia orquestal de Summers y el metateatro conceptual de McVicar perfilaron un retrato biográfico con una protagonista destruida por las pulsiones humanas.

****1

El hechizo de Tristan und Isolde: un reparto de lujo en el Teatro Real

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 29th April

El reto Tristan und Isolde, en versión semiescenificada en el Teatro Real, logró alcanzar el éxtasis musical en una velada que arrancó largas ovaciones y vítores.

****1

La melodía infinita: el segundo reparto de Norma en el Teatro Real

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 7th March

Segundo reparto de esta nueva producción del Teatro Real de Norma en el que brillaron las protagonistas femeninas, frente a un montaje vano en diseño y concepción.

***11

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

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