Posts Tagged ‘Kristine Opolais’
Friday, June 16th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: June 16, 2017 MUNICH — An odd thing happened during the curtain calls last evening after a taut, riveting Rusalka here at Bavarian State Opera. The orchestra players made various signs of approval for the cast members’ work, as is customary, and then essentially none for the conductor (and leading lady’s […]
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Tags: Alyona Abramova, Andris Nelsons, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dmytro Popov, Evgeniya Sotnikova, Günther Groissböck, Helena Zubanovich, Kristine Opolais, Kušej, München, Munich, Nadia Krasteva, News, Rachael Wilson, Tara Erraught, Tomáš Hanus, Ulrich Reß
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Sunday, March 13th, 2016
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 13, 2016 MUNICH — Some contracts come with strings attached, others with husbands. In a remarkable set of coincident artistic priorities for company boss Nikolaus Bachler — or a broad capitulation — Bavarian State Opera’s 2016–17 season, announced today, features no fewer than six divas in performance with their husbands. […]
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Tags: Aleksandra Kurzak, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Commentary, Diana Damrau, Edita Gruberová, Garanča, Kristine Opolais, La Juive, Lucia di Lammermoor, Macbeth, München, Munich, Netrebko, News, Nikolaus Bachler, Ognenny angel, Roberto Devereux, Vladimir Jurowski
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Thursday, December 11th, 2014
By ANDREW POWELL Published: December 11, 2014 MUNICH — Puccini lost even before the curtain went up Nov. 15 on Hans Neuenfels’ conceptual new staging of Manon Lescaut for Bavarian State Opera. Anna Netrebko, its titular star, abandoned the project in quiet disgust, understandably it turned out. Disaster did not follow, but the night and […]
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Tags: Abbé Prévost, Alain Altinoglu, Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra, Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Commentary, Dean Power, Der Spiegel, Giacomo Puccini, Hans Neuenfels, Kaufmann, Kristine Opolais, Manon Lescaut, Markus Eiche, München, Munich, Netrebko, Okka von der Damerau, Review, Roland Bracht, Ulrich Reß
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Saturday, June 8th, 2013
By ANDREW POWELL Published: June 8, 2013 MUNICH — The drama of Verdi’s Genovese opera Simon Boccanegra, circa 1339 and 1363, pivots on the protagonist’s Solomon-like statecraft and courage, as deployed in the Council Chamber scene of Act I. Here plebeo and patrizio powers, emotional and familial woes, jostle compellingly. In his new* staging for […]
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Tags: Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra, Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Giuseppe Verdi, Kristine Opolais, München, Munich, Review, Simon Boccanegra, Stefano Secco, Vitalij Kowaljow, Željko Lučić
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