by Jens Winther | Sep 27, 2023 | London, Opera
HAMILTON • LONDON VICTORIA PALACE ★★★★★☆ REVIEW HAMILTON: GROUNDBREAKING MUSICAL TRIUMPH IN LONDON The revolutionary hip-hop R&B musical Hamilton lives up to its wildly hyped reputation in an innovative production at London’s Victoria Palace, where the...
by Jens Winther | Aug 7, 2023 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
SALZBURG FESTSPIELE 2022 ★★★★★☆ GOT TO SEE THIS /DET SKU’ DU SE REVIEWS SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE 2022 Highlights from this year’s most prestigious opera event. Jens Winther takes you to 7 remarkable performances and a festival that once again exceeded even the most...
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 | Sep 13, 2022 | Opera
MADAME BUTTERFLY • BREGENZ ★★★★★☆ Photo: Anja Koehler REVIEW MADAME BUTTERFLY BREGENZ: OPERA SHOW IN MASTER CLASS A gigantic flagpole with the American Stars and Stripes on top erects through a piece of crumpled paper weighing about 300 tons. That’s how you rape a...
by Jens Winther | Sep 2, 2022 | Opera, Salzburg
DE TEMPORANUM FINE COMOEDIA • SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★☆☆☆☆ Photo: Monika Rittershaus REVIEW DE TEMPORANUM FINE COMOEDIA: IMMENSELY SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND KILLINGLY LONG-WINDED It starts with a stoning. Disgustingly effectively executed by a handful of...
by Jens Winther | Sep 2, 2022 | Opera, Salzburg
DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE – SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★★★☆☆ Photo: Monika Rittershaus DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE REVIEW: CASTELLUCCI BEHIND THIS YEAR’S SCOOP IN SALZBURG Wildly hyped, avant-garde Italian director Romeo Castellucci is known for taking...
