Sicilian melodrama: Tancredi in Mannheim

By Matthew Rye, 12 December 2015

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“the intensely engaging Amenaide of Tamara Banjesevic”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater: Opernhaus, Mannheim on 11 December 2015

Rossini, Tancredi

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Rubén Dubrovsky, Conductor

Cordula Däuper, Director

Ralph Zeger, Set Designer

Sophie du Vinage, Costume Designer

Maria Markina, Tancredi

Tamara Banjesevic, Amenaide

Filippo Adami, Argirio

Sung Ha, Orbazzano

Ji Yoon, Roggiero

Julia Faylenbogen, Isaura

Anton Tremmel, Choirmaster / chorus director

Nationaltheater Orchestra Mannheim

Coro Isabella Colbran

An unforgettable Good Friday Parsifal in Mannheim

Ako Imamura, 30th March

The 1957 production of Parsifal, with its traditional staging and dreamy imageries, was a perfect backdrop to showcase Wagner's celebration of stage play with music on Good Friday.

*****

“Auf nach Mahagonny" in Mannheim!

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 30th December

A modern Mahagonny rises and falls in Mannheim, brought to life by a great cast of singer-actors and a conductor (Benjamin Reiners) and orchestra who celebrate Weill's catchy score.

****1

Polished Mahagonny: Weill and Brecht's satire remains as relevant as ever

Matthew Rye, 1st July

Nationaltheater Mannheim's new production of Brecht and Weill's collaboration is a true company achievement and a thrilling evening of music and theatre.

****1

Electric Elektra in Mannheim

Matthew Rye, 13th May

A classic production of Strauss' searing operatic depiction of the House of Atreus is revived with a particularly accomplished cast and musical direction.

*****

Der Golem: ecstatic première in Mannheim

Stephan Eckel, 16th April

The première of Bernhard Langs *Der Golem* leads through a frenzied night of occult stories.

****1

Triumph out of tragedy: The Bassarids in Mannheim

Matthew Rye, 10th December

Henze's operatic magnum opus is thrillingly brought to life in the National Theatre's new production.

****1

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Matthew Rye

Matthew read music at Oxford and worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He wrote numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad. He also wrote for The Wagner Journal and Opera and blogged at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and was the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).