There will be blood: Elektra in Salzburg

By Roy Westbrook, 02 August 2020

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“Aušrinė Stundytė is outstanding”

Reviewed at Felsenreitschule, Salzburg on 1 August 2020

Strauss R., Elektra

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor

Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director

Małgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Felice Ross, Lighting Designer

Denis Guéguin, Video

Christian Longchamp, Dramaturgy

Aušrinė Stundytė, Elektra

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Klytaemnestra

Asmik Grigorian, Chrysothemis

Derek Welton, Orest

Michael Laurenz, Aegisth

Tilmann Rönnebeck, Orest's Tutor

Matthäus Schmidlechner, Young Servant

Sonja Šarić, Overseer

Bonita Hyman, Maid 1

Katie Coventry, Maid 2

Deniz Uzun, Maid 3

Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Maid 4

Natalia Tanasii, Maid 5

Valeriia Savinskaia, Confidante

Verity Wingate, Trainbearer

Claude Bardouil, Choreography

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Vienna Philharmonic

Krzysztof Warlikowski’s spellbinding double bill a success in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 24th May

Strong performances from Elīna Garanča, Barbara Hannigan and John Relyea plus innovative stage direction make for a standout production.

*****

Sulimsky and Grigorian grip Salzburg as the murderous Macbeths

Mark Pullinger, 6th August

Krzysztof Warlikowski’s ghoulish production has the Macbeths’ killing spree spring from their infertility.

****1

Warlikowski’s prison: From the House of the Dead in Rome

Alissa Balocco, 23rd May

The Polish director comes to Italy for the first time to direct Janáček's last opera, with the young Belarusian Dmitry Matvienko conducting.

***11

Beauty and courage in Tristan und Isolde in Munich

Ako Imamura, 10th April

Bayrischer Staatsoper’s revival of Warlikowski’s static production of Tristan und Isolde featured a sensational role debut of Elena Pankratova as Isolde.

****1

Shock and awe in Paris with Bernstein's A Quiet Place

David Karlin, 9th March

In the expert hands of both director Warlikowski and conductor Kent Nagano, the sequel to Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti proves to be even darker and more dramatic.

*****

Black Swan: Barbara Hannigan returns in Warlikowski's Lulu

Kevin W Ng, 18th November

Barbara Hannigan is better than ever in Krzysztof Warlikowski's iconic Lulu at La Monnaie – an historic event.

*****

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.