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2018-04-17 07:34:19
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen at Oper Leipzig
Wagner: The Ring - Siegfried - Oper Leipzig (photo Tom_Schulze) Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Rúni Brattaberg, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Franz, Kathrin Göring, Claudia Huckle, Gal James, Dan Karlström, Danae Kontor, Christine Liber, Jürgen Linn, Karin Lovelius, Monica Mascus, Meagan Miller, Thomas Mohr, Iain Paterson, Tuomas Pursio, dir: Rosamund Gilmore, cond: Ulf Schirmer; Oper Leipzig, Leipzig Reviewed by Tony Cooper on April 2018 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The Ring returns to Wagner’s birthplaceOur correspondent Tony Cooper experiences Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen in Wagner's birthplace at Oper Leipzig in April 2018, directed by Rosamund Gilmore, conducted by Ulf Schirmer with Iain Paterson, Christiane Libor, Christian Franz, Thomas Mohr, Robert Dean Smith, Meagan Miller and Jürgen Linn. Gotterdammerung - Thomas Mohr, Christiane LiborOper Leipzig (photo Tom_Schulze) Leipzig is rich in musical history inasmuch as Richard Wagner was born here, Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn […]
2015-12-09 15:00:50
Dangerous liaisons
[…] seems fussy. Now, to her credit, deNiese goes deeper as the opera moves to the second act, and is excellent in her “bedroom scene” with Hosokawa. She also offers a fully committed, emotionally varied final scene over the body of her murdered lover, though a couple of high notes went awry. Still, this was an impressive final monologue. Another weak scene, which frankly should be cut, is the awkward attempt by the Russian diplomat (Runi Brattaberg) to woo Roxane. The singer doesn’t have the low notes for the role, and the scene falls flat and simply seems a lame attempt at comic relief. Sir Andrew Davis conducts superbly—the best work I’ve heard from him in years. He understands that the powerful tension in the score must never waiver, and we are on the edge of our seats through much of the second and all of the first act. The Lyric […]
2014-09-15 15:00:18
Speer pressure
[…] sounds stretched by Kundry’s treacherous intervals and high B’s in Act 2. Her diction is not a model of precision, either. She does ably invoke the terror of the line “Lachte” in the middle act, tackling a nearly two-octave plunge in revealing how she mocked Christ at his crucifixion. Russian bass Evgeny Nikitin is desperate and unhinged Klingsor, skulking about in a business suit thigh-deep in the vast pool of blood symbolizing Amfortas’ wound. Rúni Brattaberg makes an impressive company debut as Titurel. Gatti and the Met orchestra and chorus have great chemistry, though the video doesn’t fully capture the remarkable dynamic range the Italian maestro coaxed from his forces in moments such as the Act 1 transformation scene. Conducting without a score, Gatti put great emphasis on silences to carry the drama and ably paced the crucial Act 2 Parsifal-Kundry confrontation, when tricky transitions can sometimes sap the necessary […]
2013-12-15 22:08:00
Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center – Balcony (Seat B116, $100.50.) Conductor – Edward Gardner; Octavian – Daniela Sindram, The Marshallin (Princess von Werdenberg) – Martina Serafin, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau – Runi Brattaberg, Annina – Jane Henschel, Valzacchi – Hohn Graham-Hall, Faninal – Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, Sophie – Erin Morley. Story. Octavian is asked by Baron Ochs to deliver a silver rose to Sophie as a token for their engagement. Octavian and Sophie fall in love when they see each other. Sophie then finds out Baron Ochs is a crude older fellow and doesn’t want to marry him. A scheme is then hatched to get the Baron in a compromising situation and he leaves the scene, thus allowing Octavian and Sophie’s relationship to continue. There are a couple of side stories also. One is that Octavian was originally the lover of the older Marshallin who accepts […]
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