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2023-10-27 10:42:00
Carmen, Deutsche Oper, 26 October 2023
Carmen – Aigul Akhmetshina Don José – David Butt Philip Micaëla – Maria Motolygina Escamillo – Byung Gil Kim Zuniga – Christian Simmons Moralès – Dean Murphy Frasquita – Meechot Marrero Mercédès – Arianna Manganello Dancaïro – Artur Garbas Remendado – Kieran Carrel Lillas Pastia – Dean Street Mercédès’s daughter – Fatima HammadOle Anders Tandberg (directo)Erlend Birkeland (set designs)Maria Geber (costumes)Ellen Ruge (lighting)Silke Sense (choreography)Children’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (chorus director: Christian Lindhorst)Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (chorus director: Jeremy Bines) Orchestra of the Deutsche OperBen Glassberg (conductor)Images from 2018 original production with different cast: © Marcus LieberenzHmmm. I think I could see, some of the time, what Ole Anders Tandberg was trying to do in his 2018 Deutsche Oper production of Carmen. There were some reasonable ideas, some less so, and some that were frankly terrible. Next to Dmitri Tcherniakov’s brilliant reimagining of the work for Aix the previous year, though, […]
2023-09-14 12:00:00
British conductor Ben Glassberg will become Music Director of Volksoper Wien in January 2024
2022-02-07 19:12:00
Coliseum Marcello – Charles Rice Rodolfo – Adam Gilbert, David Junghoom Kim Colline – William Thomas Schaunard – Benson Wilson Benoît, Alcindoro – Simon Butteriss Mimì – Sinéad Campbell-Wallace Parpignol – Adam Sullivan Musetta – Louise Alder Policeman – Paul Sheehan Official – Andrew Tinkler Jonathan Miller (director) Crispin Lord (revival director) Isabella Bywater (designs) Jean Kalman, Martin Doone (lighting) Chorus of the English National Opera (chorus director: Mark Biggins) Orchestra of the English National Opera Ben Glassberg (conductor) ENO La bohème 2022, company © Genevieve Girling This was, I think, the fourth time I have seen Jonathan Miller’s production of La bohème. It strikes me, in this revival directed by Crispin Lord, to have a good deal of life in it left. Indeed, previous reservations have largely vanished. It is not a complex piece of theatre, nor does it lead one especially to reassess the […]
2022-02-07 13:20:59
[…] and duelling in Act IV suggest that Colline would like there to be something between them but that Schaunard does not reciprocate his feelings. Simon Butteriss delivers two splendid cameo performances as Benoît and Alcindoro, even interjecting many spoken lines that are not in the original. Although there are a few too many of these during ‘Quando me’n vo’, when really we want to focus on the aria, overall they work very well. Conductor Ben Glassberg delivers a clear, bright account of the score ensuring that balance and detail are paramount while still doing full justice to its sweeping nature. By Sam Smith La bohème | 31 January – 27 February 2022 | London Coliseum
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