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| Composer | Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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Sublime singing in Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Soloists and choir, headed by a spellbinding Christian Gerhaher, brought real lustre to Schumann’s treatment of Goethe’s magnum opus.
Disturbing scenes: Staatsoper reopens with a messy Faustian hybrid
Jürgen Flimm's take on Schumann's Faust Scenes offers no solutions to self-imposed problems at the Staatsoper unter den Linden's glitzy reopening.
A nearly transcendent performance of Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Daniel Harding's love for Schumann's genre-defying work brought some strong playing from the LSO and deeply moving singing from his soloists and chorus.