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2024-03-27 08:09:00
Revisiting Staatsoper Berlin’s Ring cycle proved a thrilling experience: Dmitri Tcherniakov's production returns to Unter den Linden with conductor Philippe Jordan
Wagner: Das Rheingold - Staatsoper Berlin, 2022 (Photo: Monika Rittershaus)Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelungen; Tomasz Konieczny, Rolando Villazón, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Robert Watson, Vida Miknevičiūtė, René Pape, Claudia Mahnke, Anja Kampe, Andreas Schager, Stephan Rügamer, dir: Dmitri Tcherniakov; Staatskapelle Berlin, cond: Phillipe Jordan; Staatsopernchor, dir: Dani Juris, Staatsoper Berlin, Germany Reviewed by Tony Cooper, 26 March 2024True to form, Dmitri Tcherniakov drifts miles away from Wagner’s original intentions but, nonetheless, comes up with an interesting and extremely rewarding productionThe current Ring at Staatsoper Berlin came into being in October 2022 directed by Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov due to be conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Sadly, though, Maestro Barenboim, had to pull out of the production because of severe health issues, a great blow to all but so disappointing for Barenboim in his 80th year. All change, please! Therefore, it’s musical chairs at Staatsoper with Maestro Barenboim, who has held […]
2023-08-30 06:28:00
Wagner: Die Walkure - Act Three - Claire Barnett-Jones, Elisabeth Teige, Catherine Foster, Christa Mayer, Stephanie Houtzeel - Bayreuth Festival 2023 (Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele / Enrico Nawrath)Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Aile Asszonyi, Hailey Clark, Okka von der Damerau, Markus Eiche, Catherine Foster, Mika Kares, Daniel Kirch, Daniela Köhler, Tomasz Konieczny, Christa Mayer, Andreas Schager, Olafur Sigurdarson, Elisabeth Teige, Klaus Florian Vogt, Georg Zeppenfeld, dir: Valentin Schwarz; cond: Pietari Inkinen; Bayreuth Festival. Reviewed by Tony Cooper, 28 August 2023Finnish-born conductor, Pietari Inkinen, proudly walked the Grüner Hügel this year to conduct the complete Ring following his 2021 festival début with Die Walküre. Austrian stage director, Valentin Schwarz - who came to prominence in tandem with set designer Andrea Cozzi after winning the 2017 Ring Award - made his Bayreuth Festival début with this Ring cycle last year which received a mixed reception although it’s faring much better this year, conducted by […]
2021-05-28 07:13:56
Already Gone: Echo in music by Britten, Palestrina and AHOHNI alongside winners of their composition competition
Echo (Photo Eliza Brown) Echo vocal ensemble is returning to the concert stage in June and July 2021. Conducted by Sarah Latto, the choir is presenting Already Gone, a programme which combines music by Palestrina and Clemens non papa with Britten's Five Flower Songs and world premieres from the winners of Echo’s inaugural Competition Composition, alongside a work by ANOHNI, the former lead singer with Anthony and the Johnson. Already Gone is being performed at the Music Room, London W1 (26/6/21) and Kings Place, London (21/7/21), Stoller Hall, Manchester (31/7/21) and Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham (6/8/21), and there will also be a on-line version of the concert as well with extra content. The programme includes works by the joint winners of Echo's Composition Competition, Lillie Harris and Rory Wainwright Johnston, along with music by the shortlisted entrants, James Brady, Karen Lemon, and Janet Oates, with some different pieces at each […]
2021-04-01 17:47:00
Back in the spring of 2017, singer Lemon Guo opened an outdoor festival along the Hudson River sponsored by Columbia University. Her calmly hypnotic yet gently playful electroacoustic set, a blend of ambient music with traditional Asian tinges, could have gone on twice as long as it did and the crowd stretched across the lawn […]
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