Glorious ensembles in Dutch National Opera’s new Tannhäuser

By Jenny Camilleri, 07 April 2019

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“By having Elisabeth drop dead suddenly, Loy sucks the pathos out of her final scene”

Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 6 April 2019

Wagner, Tannhäuser

Dutch National Opera

Marc Albrecht, Conductor

Christof Loy, Director, Choreography

Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer

Ursula Renzenbrink, Costume Designer

Daniel Kirch, Tannhäuser

Björn Bürger, Wolfram von Eschenbach

Svetlana Aksenova, Elisabeth

Ekaterina Gubanova, Venus

Stephen Milling, Landgraf Hermann

Attilio Glaser, Walther von der Vogelweide

Kay Stiefermann, Biterolf

Lucas van Lierop, Heinrich der Schreiber

Eric Ander, Reinmar von Zweter

Julietta Aleksanyan, Shepherd Boy

Olaf Winter, Lighting Designer

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.