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

By Jonathan Sutherland, 06 June 2016
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“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
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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.