Beauty and the beast: Sciarrino's Venere e Adone premieres in Hamburg

Layla Claire (Venere)

Randall Scotting (Adone) and Layla Claire (Venere)

Randall Scotting (Adone)

Kady Evanyshyn (Amore) and Matthias Klink (Marte)

Layla Claire (Venere) and ensemble

By Alexander Hall, 29 May 2023

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“Sciarrino eschews harmony and rhythms, declassifying such features as mere ‘adhesive’”

Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 28 May 2023

Sciarrino, Venere e Adone

Staatsoper Hamburg

Kent Nagano, Conductor

Georges Delnon, Director

Varvara Timofeeva, Set Designer

Marie-Thérèse Jossen, Costume Designer

Carsten Sander, Lighting Designer

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Layla Claire, Venere

Randall Scotting, Adone

Matthias Klink, Marte

Cody Quattlebaum, Vulcano

Kady Evanyshyn, Amore

Evan Hughes, Il Mostro

Vera Talerko, La Fama

Nicholas Mogg, La Fama

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.