by Jens Winther | May 8, 2023 | Franktfurt, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
HERCULES • OPER FRANKFURT ★★★☆☆☆ REVIEW HERCULES DISAPPOINTS IN FRANKFURT Star director Barrrie Kosky disappoints expectations with a tame Frankfurt production of Hercules, where a semi-concertante, under-dramatized opera/oratorio hybrid, despite strong soloists, an...
by Jens Winther | May 8, 2023 | Franktfurt, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
ELEKTRA • OPER FRANKFURT ★★★★★☆ Photo: Monika Rittershaus REVIEW ELEKTRA: TOPS IN ALL DISCIPLINES OF OPERA ART Brilliantly beautiful orchestral playing sets fire to Strauss’ challenging but also deeply fascinating Elektra score, which in the internationally...
by Jens Winther | May 8, 2023 | Franktfurt, Opera
THE TSAR/THE CLEVER WOMAN • OPER FRANKFURT ★★★★★☆ REVIEW THE TSAR WANTS HIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN/ THE CLEVER WOMAN: DELIGHTFULLY ABSURD OPERA MODERNISM IN FRANKFURT Keith Warner’s Frankfurt staging of two modernist operas is at the same time delightful boulevard...
by Jens Winther | Jan 2, 2023 | Franktfurt, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
THE MASTER SINGERS – OPER FRANKFURT ★★★★★☆ REVIEW THE MASTER SINGERS: FORMIDABLE FRANKFURT PERFORMANCE IN BRILLIANT STAGE DESIGN The most entertaining and intelligent stage design I’ve seen in an opera house for a long time. That’s what Wagner’s...
by Jens Winther | Jan 2, 2023 | Franktfurt, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
MANON LESCAULT • OPER FRANKFURT ★★★★★★ MANON LESCAULT REVIEW: ASMIK GRIGORIAN BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE IN FRANKFURT LOVE is written there, so there’s no mistaking it. Each letter is almost 10 metres high and seems carved out of concrete. A six-star version of...
by Jens Winther | Jan 2, 2023 | Franktfurt, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
THE SORCERER- OPER FRANKFURT ★★★★☆☆ REVIEW THE SORCERER: MESSY SOAP OPERA IN FRANKFURT A disturbed Russian princely family in an disturbed staging of The Sorcerer doesn’t really take off in the Frankfurt opera, despite committed orchestral playing and a...
