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Wozzeck (Gurlitt) - Stadttheater Bremerhaven - 5 March 2016
Wozzeck (Filippo Bettoschi) and Marie (Inga-Britt Andersson)Wozzeck – Filippo BettoschiMarie – Inga-Britt AnderssonCaptain – Leo Yeun-Ku ChuDrum-major – Henryk BöhmAndres – Tobias HaaksDoctor/Jew –...
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Das Rheingold – Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum (Ruhrtriennale) – 12 September 2015
Alberich (Leigh Melrose) steals the gold from the Rhinemaidens. Photo: Michael KneffelReview from the March 2016 issue of The Wagner JournalWotan–Mika KaresAlberich–Leigh MelroseLoge–Peter...
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Tannhäuser – Antwerp Opera House – 14 October 2015
Venus (Ausrine Stundyte) and Tannhäuser (Burkhard Fritz). Photos: Annemie AugustijnsReview from the March 2016 issue of The Wagner JournalTannhäuser – Burkhard FritzElisabeth – Annette DaschVenus –...
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Der König Kandaules - Flanders Opera, Gent - 13 April 2016
König Kandaules – Dmitry GolovninNyssia – Elisabet StridGyges – Gidon SaksPhedros – Vincenzo NeriSyphax/Sebas – Michael J. ScottPhilebos/Cook – Tijl FaveytsNicomedes – Toby GirlingPharnaces – Leonard...
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Der Traumgörge – Staatsoper Hannover – 16 April 2016
Robert Künzli as Görge. Photos: Jörg LandsbergGörge – Robert Künzli Gertraud – Kelly GodGrete – Solen MainguenéHans – Christopher TonkinPrincess – Dorothea Maria MarxKaspar – Stefan AdamMathes – Tobias...
View ArticleThe 2016-17 opera season
A summary of new productions and selected revivals being staged in the 2016/17 season in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, the UK and the main companies in France. This list is now...
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Lulu - Wuppertal Opera - 26 May 2016
Dr Schon (Ralf Lukas) and Lulu (Martina Welschenbach)Photos: Uwe StratmannLulu – Martina WelschenbachDr Schon – Ralf LukasAlwa – Arnold BezuyenCountess Gewschwitz – Kathrin GoringArtist/Negro –...
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Die tote Stadt – Staatstheater Kassel – 1 June 2016
Marietta (Celine Byrne), Paul (Charles Workman) and Marie (Eva-Marie Sommersberg)Photos: N. KlingerPaul – Charles WorkmanMarietta – Celine ByrneMarie – Eva-Marie SommersbergFrank – Marian PopBrigitta –...
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Holofernes – Theater Bonn – 2 June 2016
Judith (Celine Byrne) with the head of HolofernesPhotos: Thilo BeuHolofernes – Mark MorouseJudith – Johanni van OostrumAbra, her maid – Ceri WilliamsHigh Priest of Bethulien – Daniel PannermayrAchior –...
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Bayreuth Festival 2016
Links to my reviews for Bachtrack.com from the 2016 Bayreuth Festival:Das Rheingold“Aleksander Denić’s designs are phenomenal in their eye for detail and realism”Die Walküre“The final scene has rarely...
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Tristan und Isolde – Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe – 17 April 2016
Isolde (Heidi Melton) and Tristan (Erin Caves). Photo: Falk von TraubenbergAdapted from review in The Wagner Journal, July 2016Tristan – Erin CavesIsolde – Heidi MeltonKurwenal – Armin...
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Tannhäuser – Theater Aachen – 6 March 2016
Venus (Sanja Radišić) emerges from the altarpiece. Photos: Wil van IerselAdapted from review in The Wagner Journal, July 2016Tannhäuser – Paul McNamaraElisabeth– Linda BallovaVenus– Sanja...
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Die Frau ohne Schatten - Hessischer Staatstheater, Wiesbaden - 15 October 2016
Andrea Baker (Nurse)Photos: Karl & Monika ForsterEmperor – Richard FurmanEmpress – Erika SunnegårdhDyer’s Wife – Nicola Beller CarboneBarak, the Dyer – Oliver ZwargNurse – Andrea BakerSpirit...
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Landestheater Detmold – 16 October 2016
The Act II riot is imminent: the Kobold (Gaetan Chailly, foreground) watches as David (Stephen Chambers) accosts Beckmesser (Andreas Joren). Photos: Kerstin SchomburgHans Sachs – Derrick BallardWalther...
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Distant Sounds's ten most memorable operatic experiences of 2016
It’s easy to come up with my top 3, less easy to put the rest in any meaningful order, so I’ll leave it at that. Titles hotlink to my original reviews where they appear online, on this blog or at...
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Distant Sounds’s top tips for 2017
A somewhat Austro-German selection of highlights from the rest of the current operatic season, many of which I hope to see and review here, or for Bachtrack.com, Opera or The Wagner Journal.Lulu (Oper...
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Die Herzogin von Chicago – Theater Koblenz – 12 December 2016
As reviewed for a forthcoming edition of Opera Magazine.Mark Adler (Sandor) & Emily Newton (Mary Lloyd)Mary Lloyd – Emily NewtonSandor Boris, Crown Prince – Mark Adler Princess Rosemarie – Haruna...
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The Passenger – Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen – 2 March 2017
Lisa – Hanna Dóra SturludóttirWalter – Kor-Jan DusseljeeMarta – Ilia PapandreouTadeusz – Piotr ProcheraOpera Chorus & Extra Opera Chorus of MiRNeue Philharmonie WestfalenConductor – Valterri...
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Mathis der Maler – Staatstheater Mainz – 2 April 2017
Ursula (Vida Mikneviciute), Regina (Dorin Rahardja) and Mathis (Derrick Ballard). Photos: Andreas EtterMathis – Derrick BallardCardinal Albrecht – Alexander SpemannUrsula – Vida MikneviciuteHans...
View ArticleDas Lied der Nacht – Theater Osnabrück – 5 May 2017
Lianora - Lina LiuThe Princess-Abbess - Gritt GnauckHämone - Susann Vent-WunderlichTancred - Rhys JenkinsCiullo/The Nameless Singer - Ferdinand von BothmerThe Chancellor - José GallisaOpera Chorus...
View ArticleDistant Sounds’s operatic must-sees in the 2017/18 season
As a supplement to my listing of operatic repertoire for the 2017/18 season and with only a very few houses still to announce, here’s my personal list of highlights - very much a 'long list’ of all the...
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Tristan und Isolde – Gelsenkirchen/Essen – 4/5 March 2017
Catherine Foster & Torsten Kerl in Gelsenkirchen's 'Tristan'Photo: ForsterFrom the July 2017 issue of The Wagner JournalMusiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, 4 March 2017Tristan – Torsten...
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Distant Sounds's Top Ten Operatic Productions of 2017
Activity has admittedly been rather sparse on this blog this year, as my reviewing has tended to appear elsewhere – at Bachtrack, and in Operaand in The Wagner Journal. But I thought it worthwhile to...
View ArticleThe New Karlsruhe Ring
My reviews of the four productions as they were introduced in 2016-17, taken from recent editions of The Wagner Journal (slightly edited).Das Rheingold. Renatus Meszar (Wotan), Jaco Venter (Alberich),...
View ArticleA Ring with Two Masters: Germanic Wagnerian travels Oct-Dec 2018
A Ring with Two MastersFrom the March 2019 edition of The Wagner Journal, a review of a self-created, itinerant ‘Ring’ cycle experienced in Germany during the latter part of 2018, catching a couple of...
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