Musical Virtues of Staatsoper’s Meistersinger Hampered by Incoherent Production

GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. 21.4.2019. (MB)

Staatsoper’s Die Meistersinger (c) Bernd Uhlig

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The Komische Oper’s La bohème is More Memorable than Poro

GermanyGermany Puccini, La bohème and Handel, Poro: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (chorus director: Dagmar Fiebach), Chorus (chorus director: David Cavelius), and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Jordan de Souza and Jörg Halubeck (conductors). Komische Oper, Berlin, 19. and 20.4.2019. (MB)

Komische Oper’s La bohème (c) Iko Freese/drama-berlin.de

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Benjamin Staern’s Opera on Visionary Artist Hilma af Klint Is Premiered at the Guggenheim

United StatesUnited States Staern, Hilma: Soloists, Victoria Stjerna (violin), Andreas Lavotha (cello), Stefan Lindgren (piano), Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 15.4.2019. (RP)

Mette af Klint (Hilma af Klint) & Fredrik af Klint (Rudolf Steiner)
© Robert Altman

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Betrothal in a Monastery Provides an Intriguing, Challenging, and Amusing Evening

GermanyGermany Prokofiev, Betrothal in a Monastery: Soloists, Berlin State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 13.4.2019. (MB)

Betrothal in a Monastery (c) Ruth and Martin Walz
Betrothal in a Monastery (c) Ruth and Martin Walz

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