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, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
THE MAGIC FLUTE • SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★★☆☆☆ REVIEW OF THE MAGIC FLUTE: MOZART MISTREATED IN THIS YEAR’S SALZBURG FESTSPIELE Mozart mistreated in Salzburg. The Magic Flute in a convoluted, confused and twisted version was what the stunned festival audience...
by Jens Winther | Sep 2, 2022 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
AIDA • SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★★★★☆ AIDA REVIEW: STAGE DESIGN OF THE YEAR in SALZBURG – TOO BIG TO FAIL Salzburg’s giant staging of Aida assumes unprecedented dimensions of set design and spectacular tableaux of sharply choreographed mass processions in...
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 2, 2022 | Opera, Opera, Salzburg, Salzburg
KATJA KABANOVA • SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2022 ★★★★★★ KATjA KABANOVA REVIEW: KOSKY DELIVERS OPERA OF THE YEAR IN SALZBURG Who killed Katya Kabanova? You and I did. The answer slowly dawns on you in Barrie Kosky’s refined production of Katja Kabanova, which, with...
