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...
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...