by Jens Winther | Sep 6, 2023 | Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Opera, Opera
TANNHÄUSER • BAYREUTH ★★★★★★ TANNHÄUSER REVIEW: FORMIDABLY ENTERTAINING AND INTELLIGENT BAYREUTH BASH Tannhäuser in Tobias Kratzers formidably entertaining production is unusually intelligently put together with live action and film clips that weave in and out of each...
by Jens Winther | Sep 5, 2023 | Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Opera, Opera
PARSIFAL • BAYREUTH ★★★★★☆ REVIEW PARSIFAL: AWESOME VISUAL BAYREUTH EXPERIENCE IN AUGMENTED OPERA REALITY Parsifal was Wagner’s last opera and it is clear that we are in the company of a master composer who is in full command of his orchestral instruments. This...
by Jens Winther | Aug 29, 2023 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
MACBETH – SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2023 ★★★★★☆ REVIEW MACBETH: STARS ON STAGE IN BLOODY HORROR OPERA Polish stage director Warlikowski’s horror staging of Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, with star soprano Asmik Grigorian in front, is a wild...
by Jens Winther | Aug 28, 2023 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg
FIGARO’S WEDDING – SALZBURG FESTSPIELE 2023 ★★★★★☆ REVIEW THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: A MASTERPIECE OF MUSICAL CLARITY AND EMOTIONAL RELEASE Martin Kusej’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Salzburg Festival puts Countess Almaviva at the...
by Jens Winther | Aug 28, 2023 | Ballet, Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
ORFEO ED EURIDICE • SALZBURG FESTSPIELE 2023 ★★★★★☆ REVIEW ORFEO ED EURIDICE: 50% OPERA 50% BALLET AND 100% BREATHTAKING Cecilia Bartoli shines in Christof Loy’s super-aesthetic production of Orfeo Ed Euridice, impressing as neo-classical gesamtkunst in a...
by Jens Winther | Aug 28, 2023 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
THE GREEK PASSION – SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2023 ★★★★☆☆ REVIEW THE GREEK PASSION : IMPRESSIVE MASS CHOREOGRAPHY AND TECHNICAL MIRACLES The Salzburg Opera Festival presents a visually and technically impressive Simon Stone production of the contemporary opera rarity...