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...
by Jens Winther | Sep 2, 2022 | Opera, Salzburg
THE BARBER OF SEVILLA • SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★★★★☆ Photo: Monika Rittershaus REVIEW THE BARBER IN SEVILLA: BARTOLI SALZBURG’S DARLING IN THIS YEAR’S AUDIENCE HIT Cecilia Bartoli has it like a fish in the water in Salzburg’s five-star deluxe...
by Jens Winther | Sep 1, 2022 | Opera, Salzburg
IL TRITTICO • SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★★★★★ REVIEW IL TRITTICO: SINGER OF THE YEAR TAKES PUCCINI TO THE SKIES IN SALZBURG Lithuanian soprano star Asmik Grigorian delivered this year’s most captivating performance at the Salzburg Festspiele. With her performance...
by Jens Winther | Jun 2, 2022 | Opera
DAS RHEINGOLD • ZÜRICH ★★★★★☆ REVIEW DAS RHEINGLD ZURICH: LEAN & MEAN WAGNER IN ÜBERCOOL STAGE DESIGN Das Rheingold sets the stage for all the fuss CEO of Gods Wotan has to put up with in the rest of Wagner’s Ring. The actors are set up as a kind of chess...
