Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

Tristan triumphs but Isolde languishes in a powerful concert performance in Warsaw

By Jonathan Sutherland, 06 June 2016
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
“Weinius’ articulation and diction were outstanding throughout”
Reviewed at Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw on 4 June 2016
Programme
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
Performers
Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor
Jennifer Wilson, Isolde
Michael Weinius, Tristan
Christian Hübner, King Marke
Michelle Breedt, Brangäne
David Beucher, Melot
Tomasz Warmijak, Shepherd, Young seaman
Krzysztof Chalimoniuk, Helmsman
Tomasz Konieczny, Kurwenal
Warsaw Philharmonic Male Choir
Henryk Wojnarowski, Choirmaster / chorus director
NFM Choir
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, Choirmaster / chorus director
More Opera reviews
L'Orfeo, the world's first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne
Roy Westbrook, 14th June
One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi's opera in an artist's studio, 
****1
Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala
Laura Servidei, 12th June

Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

**111
Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera
David Karlin, 12th June
Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.
****1
Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas and Mélisande
Eleanor Knight, 12th June
Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail. 
****1
A thrilling Slavic Iolanta from Chișinău
Peter Quantrill, 11th June
Young voices shine in Tchaikovsky's last opera in a new and rustic updating by Moldovan director Slava Sambriș. 
****1
McVicar’s Figaro celebrates its 20th Royal Opera anniversary
Dominic Lowe, 8th June
While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.
***11
More reviews...
Read reviews of
Agnieszka Franków-ŻelaznyChristian HübnerJacek KaspszykJennifer WilsonMichael WeiniusMichelle BreedtNFM ChoirRichard WagnerTomasz KoniecznyTristan und IsoldeWarsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Related articles
Loading image...
A jack of all trades: Michael Spyres on Vienna, Tristan and Verdi
Loading image...
Far from daily life: Saaremaa and Narva Opera Festivals in Estonia
Loading image...
Family affairs: Catharine Woodward on singing Brünnhilde in Regents Opera’s Ring
Loading image...
Out of the ordinary: Wagner’s Ring at Opéra de Paris
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.