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By ANDREW POWELL MUNICH \u2014 Some like to tiptoe into a new job. Kirill Petrenko<\/a>, 41, prefers to plunge. The fresh Generalmusikdirektor<\/i> at Bavarian State Opera is now deep in rehearsals for his first production here: Strauss\u2019s ambitious, arduous Die Frau ohne Schatten<\/i>, uncut apparently.<\/p>\n Krzysztof Warlikowski<\/a> directs. Known in Munich for a loosely cowboy, loosely gay 2007 Evgeny Onegin<\/i>, the Warsaw-based r\u00e9gisseur<\/i> brings a strong background in legitimate theater.<\/p>\n Whatever the director\u2019s take on Frau<\/i>, though, Petrenko will stand in his own light. He calmly weathered lengthy booing at his Bayreuth Festival<\/a> debut this summer, for Frank Castorf<\/a>\u2019s provocative staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen<\/i>, only to receive praise later for his conducting.<\/p>\n Die Frau ohne Schatten<\/i> opens on Nov. 21. That will be fifty years to the day since the same opera reopened the company\u2019s war-gutted home, the National Theater, in a legendary performance<\/a> conducted by Joseph Keilberth.<\/p>\n Adrianne Pieczonka<\/a> and Johan Botha<\/a> sing the imperial couple, Elena Pankratova<\/a> and Wolfgang Koch<\/a> their mundane counterparts. Deborah Polaski<\/a> essays the unpleasant Amme. On Dec. 1 the performance will be streamed online without charge at www.staatsoper.de\/tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n As it happens, Petrenko\u2019s second opera as GMD will be a revival of that Warlikowski Evgeny Onegin<\/i>, opening on Jan. 4, 2014.<\/p>\n Photo \u00a9 Wilfried H\u00f6sl<\/p>\n Related posts:
\nPublished: November 12, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n
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