Saturday, March 4th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 4, 2017 ZURICH — The goal presumably was to freshen the tale of Jason and his cooperative wife Medea as told by Thomas Corneille (filtering his brother Pierre and Euripides) and mise en musique by Charpentier. But stage director Andreas Homoki’s new Médée (1693) for Opernhaus Zürich, where he doubles […]
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Tags: Andreas Homoki, Charpentier, Chor der Oper Zürich, Christie, Corneille, Ivan Thirion, Médée, Mélissa Petit, Nahuel di Pierro, Opernhaus Zürich, Orchestra La Scintilla, Reinoud van Mechelen, Review, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Zurich, Zurich Opera House
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid The Komische Oper champions a populist approach through German-language productions and contemporary stage concepts that for some opera goers is synonymous with the most vexing of Regietheater. While the emphasis of the company’s founder Walter Felsenstein on living theater above musical purity remains a locally prized virtue, the house’s attendance rate sank […]
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Tags: Andreas Homoki, barrie kosky, Bertold Brecht, Brigitte Geller, Calixto Bieto, Dagmar Manzel, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Edward James, Gesine Völlm, Hagen Matzeit, Handel, Heike Scheele, Julia Giebel, Karolina Gumos, Katarina Bradic, Kings Theater, komische oper, Konrad Jünghanel, Kristiina Poska, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Manuel Brug, Seven Deadly Sins, stefan herheim, Stella Doufexis, The Three Penny Opera, Thilo Reinhardt, Xerxes
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