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Swept Away – Continuum Ensemble – Kings Place, 19–21 June 2015
Ernst Toch (photo Schott Music / G. Tillmann-Matter)The main focus and interest of the Continuum Ensemble’s weekend of concerts and talks at Kings Place under the banner of ‘Swept Away’ was the music...
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Peter Grimes – Theater Koblenz, 3 July 2015; Theater Ulm, 9 July 2015
Koblenz: Grimes (Ray M. Wade Jr) and Aurea Marston (Ellen)Ulm: Grimes (Hans-Günther Dotzauer)KOBLENZULMPeter GrimesRay M. Wade Jr Hans-Günther DotzauerEllen Orford Aurea Marston Oxana ArkaevaAuntie...
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Der ferne Klang – Nationaltheater Mannheim – 12 July 2015
Photos: Hans Jörg MichelGrete – Astrid Weber Fritz – Michael BabaThe old Graumann/The Baron – Sung Ha Graumann’s wife – Petra Welteroth Innkeeper/Rudolf – Sebastian Pilgrim A ham actor/The count/Actor...
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Čekovská/Mahler - Prometeo - Tosca: September 2015
Links to my latest concert and opera reviews on Bachtrack.com.The audience has to find its way through the fog to experience PrometeoČekovská and Mahler in Essen A new Slovakian work inspired by the...
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Ruhe in the Ruhr
A former ironworks in Duisburg, now turned into a landscape parkIf you thought that the Ruhr region of north-west Germany was nothing but belching chimneys, satanic mills and slag heaps, think again....
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Lohengrin’s Lair
Swan TowerMy regular operatic visits to the Ruhr and Lower Rhine areas of Germany leave me plenty of time to kill between evening performances, and I am always on the lookout for new places to visit...
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Parsifal in Wuppertal; Meistersinger in Mainz; Lohengrin in Pforzheim -...
From the November 2015 issue of The Wagner JournalParsifal (Tilmann Unger, 2nd left) watches as Amfortas (Thomas Gazheli) pays for his betrayal of the communityParsifal– Oper Wuppertal – 15 March...
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Opera in the Ruhr and Lower Rhine
The Ruhr/Lower Rhine conurbation, or Ruhrgebiet/Niederrhein, is one of the most densely populated areas of western Europe and as a result boasts as many as nine more-or-less fulltime opera companies....
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Peter Grimes – Theater Krefeld – 8 December 2015
Grimes (Heiko Börner) with the sinister Dr Crabbe (Tobias Forstreuter) looking on.Photos: Mattias Stutte Peter Grimes – Heiko BörnerEllen Orford – Anne PreußBalstrode – Johannes BeckAuntie – Eva Maria...
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Bluebeard's Castle/Der Zwerg – Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern – 12 December 2015
Bluebeard (Guido Jentjens) and Judith (Alelheid Fink)Photos: Thomas BrennerBluebeard’s CastleBluebeard – Guido JentjensJudith – Adelheid FinkDer ZwergDwarf – Heiko BörnerDonna Clara – Jihyun Cecilia...
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Ruhe in the Ruhr: 2
BaldeneyseeMy previous posting on the subject of finding the picturesque in one of Europe’s most industrial regions concentrated on the Ruhr’s historic urban relics. This time my focus is on its scenic...
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Au monde - Theater Aachen - 26 February 2016
Photo: Carl BrunnThe father - Randall JakobshThe oldest sister - Pawel LawreszukOri, the second son - Hrolfur SaemundssonThe oldest daughter - Sanja RadisicTher second daughter - Camille SchnoorThe...
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Die tote Stadt - Theater Magdeburg - 27 February 2016
Photo: Nilz BohmePaul – Wolfgang SchwaningerMarietta/Maria’s voice – Noa DanonFrank – Roland FenesBrigitta – Undine DreissigFritz – Thomas FlorioJuliette – Irma MihelicLucienne – Jenny StarkGaston –...
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Der Diktator/Der Zar läßt sich photographieren - Anhaltische Theater Dessau -...
Photos: Claudia HeysDer DiktatorThe dictator – Ulf PaulsenCharlotte, his wife – Stefanie KunschkeThe officer – Albrecht KludszuweitMaria, his wife – Iordanka DerilovaThe dictator’s adjutant – Stephan...
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Elektra - Landestheater Detmold - 3 March 2016
Elektra – Sabine HogrefeKlytamnestra – Gritt GnauckChrysothemis – Susanne SerflingOrest – Michael ZeheAegisth – Markus GruberOreste’s tutor – Insu HwangDie Vertraute – Anneke van den...
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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...
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