Germany Berlin Festtage [2] – Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 5.4.2023. (MB)
Die Walküre imaginatively set in a police state and marvellously performed in Berlin
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‘Follow the science’: the start of an intriguing new perspective on the Ring cycle in Berlin
Germany Berlin Festtage [1] – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Actors, Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 4.4.2023. (MB)
Many virtues to the Deutsche Oper’s new production of Arabella
Germany R. Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Opera-ballet and actors of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (chorus director: Jeremy Bines), Tobias Kratzer (director), Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dirk Kaftan (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 1.4.2023. (MB)
Strong musical performances, but a strangely inert new production of Idomeneo
Germany Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Movement Group, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 30.3.2023. (MB)
Tcherniakov’s Götterdämmerung in Berlin wipes the slate clean, though any message for us is unclear
Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 9.11.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
Thielemann’s Siegfried is beautifully crafted as Tcherniakov explores the loss of childhood innocence
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 6.11.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
Michael Volle’s Wotan dominates the diminishing returns of Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Berlin Die Walküre
Germany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 3.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
Dmitri Tcherniakov experiments with Das Rheingold at Berlin’s Staatsoper
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 29.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
