Robert Wilson's codified universe returns

By Edward Sava-Segal, 28 October 2016

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Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 25 October 2016

Weill, The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)

Hans-Jörn Brandenburg, Conductor

Robert Wilson, Director, Set Designer

Anna Graenzer, Lucy

Johanna Griebel, Polly Peachum

Angela Winkler, Jenny

Traute Hoess, Celia Peachum

Christopher Nell, Macheath

Jürgen Holtz, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Stefan Rager, Conductor

Orchestre du Berliner Ensemble « The Threepenny Orchestra »

Reaching for the light: Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson's Adam's Passion

Alissa Balocco, 31st March

For the first time in Italy the opera that brings together the spiritual music of the Estonian composer and the minimalist direction of Robert Wilson.

****1

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

John Gilks, 28th September

Director Robert Wilson and conductor Carlo Rizzi combine effectively to create a visually striking and musically memorable Turandot that emphasizes the hieratic and the mythical with a notable absence of unnecessary histrionics.

****1

Norma in Zurich: superb vocalists trapped in a minimalist staging

Sarah Batschelet, 2nd June

A production which has Robert Wilson's signature all over it, but feels like a wagon in front of the horse.

***11

Bob Wilson's cool minimalist Butterfly is back in Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 23rd April

Robert Wilson's Madama Butterfly is back in Amsterdam starring rising star Elena Stikhina as the doomed Cio-Cio-San.

***11

Quiet tragedy: Robert Wilson's Otello in Baden-Baden

Ako Imamura, 16th April

Zubin Mehta conducts Verdi's Otello in an iconic Robert Wilson production of stylized theater where less is more. The effect was mesmerizing.

****1

Wilson's lunar Trouvère the antithesis of grand opéra

Renato Verga, 29th September

When they asked Wilson to stage an opera by Verdi, the Texan director replied "I'll never do it!". Now he is at his fourth Verdi's production.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Robert Wilson's codified universe returns to The Threepenny Opera in Paris