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...
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, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
HERCULES • OPER FRANKFURT ★★★☆☆☆ REVIEW HERCULES DISAPPOINTS IN FRANKFURT Star director Barrrie Kosky disappoints expectations with a tame Frankfurt production of Hercules, where a semi-concertante, under-dramatized opera/oratorio hybrid, despite strong soloists, an...
by Jens Winther | May 8, 2023 | Franktfurt, Franktfurt, Opera, Opera
ELEKTRA • OPER FRANKFURT ★★★★★☆ Photo: Monika Rittershaus REVIEW ELEKTRA: TOPS IN ALL DISCIPLINES OF OPERA ART Brilliantly beautiful orchestral playing sets fire to Strauss’ challenging but also deeply fascinating Elektra score, which in the internationally...
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 | Apr 28, 2023 | Berlin, Berlin, Opera, Opera
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD – KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN ★★★★★★ REVIEW ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: MAGICAL KOSKY OPERETTA BONANZA Star director Barrie Kosky’s frivolous take on the Offenbach operetta Orpheus in the Underworld blew away the 2019 Salzburg Festival at...