Between two worlds: Wozzeck in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye, 22 October 2017

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“adherence to text and music are often surprisingly faithful”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Düsseldorf on 20 October 2017

Berg, Wozzeck

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Axel Kober, Conductor

Stefan Herheim, Director

Christof Hetzer, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Bo Skovhus, Wozzeck

Camilla Nylund, Marie

Matthias Klink, Captain

Sami Luttinen, Doctor

Corby Welch, Drum Major

Cornel Frey, Andres

Katarzyna Kuncio, Margret

Thorsten Grümbel, First Apprentice

Dmitri Vargin, Second Apprentice

Florian Simson, Madman

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach, Dramaturgy

Andreas Hofer, Lighting Designer

fettFILM, Video

Gerhard Michalski, Choirmaster / chorus director

Justine Wanat, Choirmaster / chorus director

Akademie für Chor und Musiktheater e.V.

Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

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***11

Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

Brian Angus, 17th May

What do you do when 80 tonnes of water flood your theatre, your sets and costumes? Rescue, reshape and present what you can. That’s what Deutsche Oper am Rhein have had to do in Duisburg.

***11

All the world's a stage: Xerxes as a comedy of backstage rivalry

Matthew Rye, 17th January

A revival of Stefan Herheim's production of Handel's Xerxes in Düsseldorf makes for a rip-roaring evening of theatrical comedy.

****1

Stars and the score shine in The Count of Luxembourg

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Baritone Kay Stiefermann steals hearts at the eponymous Count of Luxembourg, in an operetta so charming that neither musical missteps nor a mixed-up staging can sink it.

***11

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Animated characters are the real stars of an imaginative production of The Magic Flute.

****1

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A well-sung revival of a witty and supremely theatrical production of Strauss’ operatic exposé.

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Matthew Rye

Matthew read music at Oxford and worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He wrote numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad. He also wrote for The Wagner Journal and Opera and blogged at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and was the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).