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 | Sep 25, 2023 | Opera, Opera
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 5 • ØSTRE GASVÆRK ★★★★★★ REVIEW ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 5: FABULOUS ROCK THEATER Johan Olsen is a scoop as the gripping incarnation of raging human desperation in Østre Gasværk’s fabulous concert theater production of Pink...
by Jens Winther | Sep 20, 2023 | Opera, Opera
SKRUEN STRAMMES • DET KGL. TEATER ★★★☆☆☆ REVIEW TURN OF THE SCREW: MYSTICISM SPREADS MORE THAN GOOD IS The mystery spreads more than is good in the Royal Danish Theatre’s production of Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera Turn of the Screw. Copenhagen Royal...
by Jens Winther | Sep 14, 2023 | London, London, Opera, Opera
DAS RHEINGOLD • ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LONDON ★★★★★☆ REVIEW DAS RHEINGOLD: MASTERFUL KICKOFF TO BARRIE KOSKY’S LONDON RING A saturated silence spreads through London’s gala-clad, packed Royal Opera House as a stark naked 82-year-old woman with an almost...
by Jens Winther | Sep 14, 2023 | Opera, Opera
TITUS • OPERAEN ★★★☆☆☆ REVIEW LA CLEMENZA DE TITUS: MOZART MINUS THE MAGIC Tight storytelling, cool set design and great vocal performances fail to distract from the lack of magic in Mozart’s last composed and rarely performed opera Titus. It must have really...
by Jens Winther | Sep 7, 2023 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
FALSTAFF – SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2023 ★☆☆☆☆☆ REVIEW: FALSTAFF FLOPS IN SALZBURG Zurich-born, avant-garde director Christoph Marthaler flops miserably with his Falstaff production in Salzburg, which has received so many beatings from the audience and the press that...