Mark Berry – Page 16 – Seen and Heard International

Waltraud Meier bids farewell to the stage with a bewitching Klytämnestra in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Elektra

23/10/202322/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany R. Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin), Staatskapelle Berlin / Markus Poschner (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 20.10.2023. (MB)

Cast of Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s *Elektra* © Jakob Tillmann

A splendid Berlin recital by Quatuor Diotima

21/10/202320/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Ligeti, Lachenmann, and Brahms: Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Léo Marillier [violins], Franck Chevalier [viola], Alexis Descharmes [cello]). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 19.10.2023. (MB)

Jakub Hrůša‘s ‘wonderful gift’ to Berlin: an outstanding account of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater

18/10/2023 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Dvořák: Corinne Winters (soprano), Marvic Monreal (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass). Rundfunkchor Berlin (chorus director: Gijs Leenaars), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 13.10.2023. (MB)

Dvořák’s Stabat Mater at Berlin’s Philharmonie © Bettina Stöss/Berliner Philharmoniker

Vladimir Jurowksi presents a richly varied survey of music inspired by Don Quixote

14/10/202313/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Telemann, Boismortier, Ravel, Ibert, and R. Strauss: Paul Gay (bass-baritone), Alejandro Regueira Caumel (viola), Konstanze von Gutzeit (cello), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowksi (conductor). Konzerthaus, Berlin, 12.10.2023. (MB)

Standing: Konstanze von Gutzeit (l, cello) and Alejandro Regueira Caumel (r, viola) with members of the RSB © Robert Niemeyer

An outstanding concert in Berlin by Quatuor Ébène

11/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Haydn, Bartók, and Schubert: Quatuor Ébène (Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure [violins], Marie Chilemme [viola], Yuya Okamoto [cello]). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 10.10.2023. (MB)

Quatuor Ébène with cellist Yuya Okamoto at an earlier concert © @co.merz

Despite fine playing, Schmidt’s Second Symphony fails to convince in Berlin

10/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Martines, Mozart, and Schmidt: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 6.10.2023. (MB)

Fabio Luisi conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Martin Walz

Castorf brings layers of resonance to Hamburg’s Boris Godunov, the opera for our time; arguably

06/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Children’s and Youth Choir (director: Luiz de Goday) and Chorus (director: Eberhard Friedrich) of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, 4.10.2023 (MB)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Boris Godunov* © Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new staging spoke of the enduring appeal and enigma of Puccini’s Il trittico

04/10/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (director: Christian Lindhorst) and Chorus (director: Jeremy Bines) of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / John Fiore (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 30.9.2023. (MB)

*Suor Angelica*: premiere of Puccini’s *Il trittico* on 30 September 2023 at Deutsche Oper Berlin © Eike Walkenhorst

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