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2023-06-10 12:11:00
Leipzig Opera. Bizet's Carmen. June 9, 2023.
Leipzig Oper. Opernhaus Saal, Leipzig. Rang rechs (Row 5, Seat 14, 51 euros).Curtain Call. Carmen and Micaela to the leftt of the conductor, Don Jose and Escamillo to the right. The two walls form the basis for the sets in all 4 acts.Story. See previous post.Conductor - Matthias Foremny. Don Jose - Andrea Shin, Escamillio - Tuomas Pursio, Zuniga - Sejong Chang, Carmen - Khartuna Mikaberidze, Micaela - Olena Tokar, Lillas Pastia - Alexander Range.View from the Opera House into the square Augustusplatz. Again a lot of construction.We are in Leipzig for a few days with the objective of going to a few of the Bach Fest 2023 events. This clearly isn't part of that "program."For last year's Wagner Festival, English surtitles were provided. When I looked into the situation this year, I found out English is provided for a limited number of performances. Since Leipzig is becoming an international city, […]
2022-06-22 23:28:00
Oper Leipzig - Das Liebesverbot by Wagner. June 21, 2022.
[…] about to commit. Friedrich, with Marianne by his side, is caught by Brighella. Friedrich is ready to be tried by the King and executed, but Claudio, now freed, states death is not the penalty for a love-offence. The King returns, and everyone goes to greet him in their Carnival wear. Friedrich marries Marianne, and Isabella marries Luzio.Conductor - Matthias Foremny. Brighella - Stefan Sevenich, Luzio - Dan Karistrom, Claudio - Mirko Roschkowski, Friedrich - Tuomas Pursio, Isabella - Manuela Uhi, Mariana - Nina-Maria Fischer.Some screen shots from the Leipzig Opera website on the performance.About the story, it is mostly based on the Wikipedia article on this opera. The synopsis was translated from Wagner's own description of the opera. Many other web references to the opera refer back to this article for the synopsis. The story is a bit more complicated than the way I described it; for instance, there is […]
2020-04-19 10:10:31
A Life on Line: Don Giovanni, Rusalka and Easter weekend
[…] the venerable 1993 Otto Schenk, Günther Schneider-Siemssen production which Fleming first sang in, in 1997. The production was profoundly beautiful, though Schneider-Siemssen's set for Acts 1 & 3 seemed to provide little scope for the director beyond lovely picture making. This was a production for anyone wanting Dvorak's fairytale told without any disturbing undertones.Rather different was Mozart's Don Giovanni from Finnish National Opera, directed by theatre director Jussi Nikkilä, conducted by Patrick Fournillier with Tuomas Pursio, Hanna Rantala, Koit Soasepp, Tamuna Gochashvili, Tuomas Katajala, Markus Suihkonen, Henri Uusitalo and Olga Heikkilä. This was a modern take on the story, told fairly straight but with great style. Nikkilä used a group of dancers to articulate his vision, and their portrayal of Giovanni's conquests at the opening clearly indicated his bisexual tastes. Oh, and Leporello had the names of Giovanni's conquests tattooed on his body!
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 […]
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