I did not yet mention that last Saturday I visited Frankfurt opera. Walküre was on, the second part of the Ring of the Nibelungen. I have seen the same production in Frankfurt already twice. The singers were excellent, the orchestra […]
Ich war gestern in Frankfurt in der Oper, es gab „Der ferne Klang“ von Franz Schreker, uraufgeführt 1912 ebenfalls in Frankfurt. Damals war die Oper ein großer Erfolg und eine der meistgespielten Opern in Europa. Die Nazis haben Franz Schrekers […]
Ich komme gerade aus „Mina“, einer Jugendproduktion der Frankfurter Oper. Ich glaube, das war die erste derartige Produktion und ich bin wirklich begeistert! Das Stück wurde von Jugendlichen gemeinsam mit Profis der Frankfurter Oper geschrieben – sowohl textuell, aber auch […]
I have not yet reported about my last opera „I puritani“ of Bellini at Frankfurt opera house about two weeks ago. When I was already halfway to the opera I realized that I had forgotten my ticket. So I went […]
Yesterday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt. They showed „Hänsel and Gretel“. I had seen this production before but could not remember it fully and it is always nice to see something again, right? The performance started early […]
Wie schon gesagt bin ich ein bisschen mit den Reviews hintendran. Ich fasse heute zwei Veranstaltungen zusammen. Samstag vor einer Woche war ich in der Frankfurter Oper, die ja wieder Opernhaus des Jahres ist. Es gab „Ariadne auf Naxos“ von […]
Yesterday I have been to Stuttgart opera again watching Fidelio by Beethoven. It has been the third production of Fidelio I have seen (the other two in Frankfurt) and again it was not very good (much better than in Frankfurt, […]
Ich bin inzwischen sechs Reviews hintendran. Ich fasse die mal ein bisschen zusammen. Letzten Samstag war ich in der Oper in Frankfurt. Es gab Norma von Bellini. Das ist die zweite Oper von Bellini, die ich gehört habe und auch […]
Eigentlich bin ich noch zwei Reviews hintendran. Mal sehen, ob ich die noch schreibe. Gerade eben aber war ich in der Stuttgarter Oper. Es gab Tod in Venedig von Benjamin Britten. Wer Benjamin Britten kennt weiß, dass das nicht so […]
On Sunday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt again. This time it had been Rheingold. It was the third or fourth time I have seen this production. And again it has been excellent! The singers were brilliant, the […]
On Saturday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt. They played „La Sonnambula“ by Bellini. I had seen that production already two years ago and I really liked it! The last time the title role was sung by Brenda […]
Ich war vorhin in der Kammeroper Stuttgart und habe „Krieg. Stell dir vor, er wäre hier.“ gesehen. Das Stück basiert auf dem Essay von Jane Teller von 2001 und hatte letzten Freitag Uraufführung. Der Text wird vorgetragen/dargestellt von einem Schauspieler, […]
I have been to the opera on Saturday. From the House of the Dead of Leos Janacek was played in Frankfurt Opera. The piece is the last opera of Janacek from 1928, first played in 1930, i.e. after the death […]
On Saturday I have been to the chamber opera in Vienna playing „A quiet place“ by Leonard Bernstein. An interesting piece where you get to know a family story right after the funeral of the mother. The opera starts with […]
Yesterday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt: La Cenerentola of Giacchino Rossini. Not a very complicated piece but something funny and lyrical in part with easy going music. The production was great. They had a replica of the […]
Ich komme gerade aus der Frankfurter Oper, es gab „Die Passagierin“ von Weinberg. Ich habe mir die Inszenierung jetzt zum zweiten Mal angesehen, weil ich sie beim ersten Mal so beeindruckend fand. Und auch dieses Mal hat mich das Stück […]
Yesterday evening the Ring ended with „Brünhilde“. It consisted of the third act of Walküre and a lot of Götterdämmerung. Contentwise maybe the weakest part but of course not musicalwise. The singers were again very good and the orchestra as […]
Today we heard the second part of the Ring Trilogy, Siegfried. It consisted of large parts of the first Act of Walküre and obviously a lot of Siegfried. They straightened it a bit but it was nevertheless nearly 4 hours […]
I started a little concert marathon again. Today I heard the first part of the Ring Trilogy (!) at the Theater an der Wien, one of the smaller opera houses in Vienna (they have in total 4). The Ring Trilogy […]
Today I have been to the opera. „Elektra“ by Richard Strauss has been played at the Wiener Staatsoper. I had a wonderful seat in the front row of one of the balconies right up the stalls. My neighbors was a […]
