Three of the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s most recently unbeatable opera stars of the Slavic school have come, seen, and conquered Lieder composed by Richard Strauss and Aribert Reimann. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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From Elena Pankratova’s beginnings in the more Italianate repertoire to her current tenure in the Wagnerian repertoire, she continues rising as the wrathfully vengeful princess Elektra. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Orchestral music and Lieder syncopate to make this evening of Richard Strauss’s works flourish. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Intimately romantic twists and turns and various operatic references pepper Tobias Kratzer’s production of Richard Strauss’s Intermezzo with fascinating character dynamics. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Ascending from her beginnings in more florid roles to tackling the steelier ones, Olesya Golovneva tackles the irresistible yet unhinged Princess Salome of Judea. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Daniel O’Hearn, a consistently rising full lyric tenor with a huge repertoire, abundant potential, and a brilliant future, tackles the role of the impassioned officer Matteo. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
The slice-of-life character constellations remain strong with Tobias Kratzer’s production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, despite being void of its legendary fairy-tale roots. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Evelyn Herlitzius leaps from Elektra’s bloodthirstily feral vengeance and anguished trauma and steps into Klytämnestra’s elaborate robe decked in guilt-ridden angst and soul-shattering nightmares. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
I may have called this “Histoires Eternelles” instead of “Histoires Naturelles” in my review. However, this Liederabend exuded timelessness, thanks to the phenomenal artistry presented that night. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
The Metropolitan Opera House embarks listeners on an epic fairy-tale opera thrill ride about fertility and conjugal love with Die Frau Ohne Schatten. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.