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German singer and opera singer
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2018-08-26 08:33:57
Bayreuth’s Die Walküre is pulled from the pack and given another airing conducted by Plácido Domingo
Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Catherine Foster, Stephen Gould, Regine Hangler, Anja Kampe, Mika Kaneko, Tobias Kehrer, Christiane Kohl, John Lundgren, Mareike Morr, Alexandra Petersamer, Marina Prudenskaya, Simone Schröder, Caroline Wenborne, dir: Frank Castorf, cond: Plácido Domingo; Bayreuth Festival, Germany Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 18 August 2018 Star rating: 5.0Frank Castorf’s Ring proved controversial at first but found its feet over its five-year runThe Bayreth Festival presented Wagner's Die Walküre as a stand-alone production (seen 18 August 2018) conducted by Plácido Domingo with Catherine Foster, John Lundgren, Anja Kampe, Stephen Gould, Tobias Kehrer and Marina Prudenskaya. In the second part of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Die Walküre (in repertoire from 2013 to 2017 as part of the complete cycle to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth), Berlin-based, avant-garde, theatre director, Frank Castorf, unconventionally dumped the opera’s traditional romantic Rhineland setting for the rough-and-tumble […]
2017-08-25 11:08:00
Bayreuth Festival (2) - Die Walküre, 24 August 2017
Festspielhaus Siegmund – Christopher Ventris Hunding – Georg Zeppenfeld Wotan – John Lundgren Sieglinde – Camilla Nylund Brünnhilde – Catherine Foster Fricka – Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Gerhilde – Caroline Wenborne Ortlinde – Dara Hobbs Waltraute – Stephanie Houtzeel Schwetleite – Nadine Weissmann Helmwige – Christiane Kohl Siegrune – Mareike Morr Grimgerde – Weibe Lehmkuhl Rossweiße – Alexandra Petersamer Frank Castorf (director) Patric Seibert (assistant director and dramaturgical collaboration) Aleksandar Denić (set designs) Adriana Braga Peretski (costumes) Rainer Kasper (lighting) Andreas Deinert, Jens Crull (video) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Marek Janowski (conductor) Opera is such a difficult thing to get right: so many variables, so many contradictions. They are, however, part of its attraction and, when everything or most things in some sense come together, its greatness too. Not for nothing did Wagner designate the orchestra as his Greek Chorus: framer of, […]
2016-10-31 16:21:39
The Minnesanger of Seville
[…] Wagnerian, all right, and the physique to support it, but, though a young woman, she wobbles under pressure and consistently sings below the pitch. Except for a few phrases of Act II and the opening howls of the concertato, she gave no pleasure. She is also a clumsy and unsubtle actress. She should take lessons in just about everything from Mr. Seiffert, who sounds good for another decade or so. Far more endearing was Alexandra Petersamer, a Wagnerian Venus with the busty physique du role but a solid style of projecting her sound and passionate acting chops. This is, by the way, the only Tannhäuser I’ve seen in which Venus remained on stage after the miracle to share in it: The goddess saved! Surely a first. Martin Gantner is no Peter Mattei, but who is? His Wolfram was first rate, beautifully phrased and elegantly deported, every pitch true, every syllable […]
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2015-08-23 10:19:20
Bayreuth gives away next year’s casting
[…] Fasolt: Andreas Hörl Fafner: ?? Woglinde: Alexandra Steiner Wellgunde: Stephanie Houtzeel Floßhilde: Wiebke Lehmkuhl DIE WALKÜRE Siegmund: Christopher Ventris Hunding: Andreas Hörl Wotan: John Lundgren Sieglinde: Jennifer Wilson Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster Fricka: Sarah Connolly Gerhilde: Caroline Wenborne Ortlinde: Dara Hobbs Waltraute: Stephanie Houtzeel Schwertleite: Nadine Weissmann Helmwige: Christiane Kohl Siegrune: Simone Schröder Grimgerde: Wiebke Lehmkuhl Roßweiße: Alexandra Petersamer SIEGFRIED Siegfried: Stefan Vinke Mime: Andreas Conrad Der Wanderer: Thomas J. Mayer Alberich: Albert Dohmen Fafner: ?? Erda: Nadine Weissmann Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster Waldvogel: Ana Durlovski GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Siegfried: Stefan Vinke Gunther: Markus Eiche Alberich: Albert Dohmen Hagen: Stephen Milling Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster Gutrune: Allison Oakes Waltraute: Marina Prudenskaya 1. Norn: Wiebke Lehmkuhl 2. Norn: Stephanie Houtzeel […]
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