Wälsungenblut: Schneider and Skelton shine at Budapest Wagner Days

Simone Schneider (Sieglinde) and Stuart Skelton (Siegmund)

Ádám Fischer

Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde) and Aris Argiris (Wotan)

The Ride of the Valkyries

Aris Argiris (Wotan) and Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde)

By Orsolya Gyárfás, 17 June 2023

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“a searing, almost punishing intensity, at turns electrifying and heartrending”

Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 16 June 2023

Wagner, Die Walküre (Semi-staged)

Ádám Fischer, Conductor, Director

Corinna Chrome, Costume Designer

Máté Vajda, Lighting Designer

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hartmut Schörghofer, Director

Etelka Polgár, Revival Director

Stuart Skelton, Siegmund

Simone Schneider, Sieglinde

Albert Dohmen, Hunding

Aris Argiris, Wotan

Iréne Theorin, Brünnhilde

Atala Schöck, Fricka

Zita Váradi, Gerhilde

Beatrix Fodor, Ortlinde

Gabriella Fodor, Waltraute

Szilvia Szilágyi, Schwertleite

Gertrud Wittinger, Helmwige

Éva Várhelyi, Siegrune

Erika Gál, Grimgerde

Zsófia Kálnay, Roßweiße

Vision of glory: Bruckner's Fifth glows with new authenticity

Peter Quantrill, 13th October

Ádam Fischer and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment bring new light and life to Bruckner's most imposing cathedral in sound.

****1

Julia Lezhneva and Ádám Fischer impress in Haydn and Mahler

Alexander Hall, 7th July

Sometimes the programme just feels right: a dramatic cantata by Haydn, a “pantomime grotesque” by Bartók and Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Colour and contrasts galore from soloist, conductor and orchestra.

****1

Wonders ev’ry where: Ádám Fischer enchants with Haydn's Creation

Orsolya Gyárfás, 1st January

A sense of marvel and joy permeates this New Year's Day performance of Haydn's oratorio at Müpa, Budapest.

****1

Commanding Götterdämmerung brings Müpa's Ring to a blazing end

Orsolya Gyárfás, 18th June

With Iréne Theorin's Brünnhilde rejuvenated, the Ring receives a worthy finale at the Budapest Wagner Days.

****1

Jaunty Mahler from Ádám Fischer and the OAE

Mark Pullinger, 8th March

With his impish grin, the Hungarian conductor revels in Mahler's “heavenly” Fourth Symphony as clothed in refreshing period instrument colours.

***11

Science goes screwball in Maggio Musicale's new Così fan tutte

Elena Luporini, 30th August

Sven-Eric Bechtolf's staging holds a balance between philosophy and humour, but Adam Fischer's vivacious conducting is the real star of the evening.

****1

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Orsolya Gyárfás

A university student in Budapest, currently pursuing a degree in Aesthetics, Orsolya is an opera fan, particularly interested in the works of Mozart and Wagner.

Wälsungenblut: Simone Schneider and Stuart Skelton shine at Budapest Wagner Days