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an additional 10 minutes indisposed or not he remains a smashing méphistophéles though knowing his usual standards this was not his evening charles castronovo was a wonderful faust with beautiful tone fine phrasings understandable french effortless high notes as well as a sympathetic though not overly engaged stage presence silvia de la muela was a sympathetic siebel and roman trekel a dramatically convincing though dry valentin much applause for alain altinoglu in the pit the only intrinsic french element to this performance he obviously has plenty of ideas with this score though his shift in tempi were rather abrupt and lacked consistency but the orchestra played well for him though at times he was almost intolerably slow exactly what version of faust was played i am not sure but it is one i have never heard before both marguerite s spinning wheel scene and the walpurgis night was included both abridged however and by more than just the ballet and several small spoken recitatives were included as well as plainly spoken sentences within some of the arias most notably siebels i was surrounded by as well as deafened by very loud booers and it is my clear impression that they won out for what it is worth the bottom line scale of 1 5 3 average marina poplavskaya 4 5 charles castronovo 4 5 rené pape na silvia de la muela 3 roman trekel 3 4 karsten wiegand 2 3 alain altinoglu 3 4 overall impression 4 photographs from the company website posted by mostly opera at 19 32 12 comments labels berlin state opera marina poplavskaya rené pape sunday 15 february 2009 berlin major success for new production of die ägyptische helena die ägyptische helena berlin deutsche oper february 14th 2009 production marco arturo marelli cast ricarda merberth helena robert chafin menelaos laura aikin aithra morten frank larsen altair coductor andrew litton further information here apparently richard strauss and hofmannsthal were surprised by the lack of success of die ägyptische helena when it opened in 1928 at the dresden semperoper from a musical point of view its easy to see why as it contains some of richard strauss most glorious music closely related to die frau ohne schatten the action however is too hopeless to be relayed here in detail go here however in brief helen of troy and her cuckolded husband menelaos have marital troubles but are ultimately reconciled helped by the sorceress aithra all while the omniscient mussel yells out prophecies and warnings from the sideline marco arturo marelli obviously has the major advantage that nobody really knows what this piece is about thus the action as described in booklets is compared to marelli s vision as opposed to the other way around marelli of the stylish vienna cappriccio is equally stylish here making efficient use of a revolving set placing the action within three frames the war of the past aithras world of the present complete with faded oriental charm and lastly the fantasy world of zweite brauchtnacht with furniture turned upside down very elegantly done complete with repositioning and cutting of a few scenes to make the action believable for the public in marelli s word as helen of troy one has to be able to sing strauss soaring tones as well as look like the most beautiful woman in the world ricarda merbeth with her expressive though slightly dry voice gets reasonably away with it matched by a vivacious laura aikin as aithra robert chavin was indisposed as menelaos but fought his way through the evening finally andrew litton succeeded in bringing out myriads of details from the orchestra in an elegantly subdued performance clearly one of the best performances i have seen at the deutsche oper berlin in recent years if not the best the critics wrote tagesspiegel picturesque staging from marelli praise for the singers berliner morgenpost a triumph die welt deutsche oper masters richard strauss difficult work with bravour the bottom line scale of 1 5 3 average ricarda merberth 3 4 robert chavin 3 4 laura aikin 4 morten frank larsen 3 marelli s production 5 andrew litton 4 overall impression 4 photographs from the company website posted by mostly opera at 17 30 3 comments labels deutsche oper berlin opera review carmen on dvd shattering antonacci and kaufmann in 2006 london performance carmen royal opera covent garden 2006 production francesca zambello cast anna caterina antonacci carmen jonas kaufmann don josé ildebrando d arcangelo escamillo norah amsellem micaëla conductor antonio pappano further information here director francesca zambello opted to create a realistically desolate production of carmen for the royal opera in order to reflect on the every day background on which the drama unfolds and she succeeds admirably presenting dreary rusty simple sets and singers in period costumes admittedly it could have been much worse and indeed with the cast presented i am inclined to not care about zambello s staging at all ironically most carmen performances end up with plenty of praise for micaëla and escamillo as more often than not don josé and carmen doesn t really kick it off oppositely here ildebrando d arcangelo looks great as escamilla but i don t really take to his grainy voice same goes for norah amsellem as micaëla whose vibrato though less obtrusive here than in the berlin carmen really does her no favor however i am inclined not to care about these issues either as both anna caterina antonacci and jonas kaufmann are shattering as the leads with stage chemistry and acting making this by far the best carmen on dvd anna caterina antonacci is not a mezzo soprano and though her center voice lies higher than the traditional carmen she pulls both the cards scene and final scene off vocally as well her stunning and completely involving acting is on a level of its own places her carmen in a league with very few members jonas kaufmann superbly portraits don josé s change from obediant rational soldier to a virtually insane man though don josé really is a whimp jonas kaufmann avoids making him appear as such vocally it does sound like he pushes hard for the top notes however plácido domingo has always sounded like this in his seemingly endless career combined with a straight forward engaged reading from antonio pappano this is one of the most successful productions of the last decade for the royal opera anna caterina antonacci and jonas kaufmann final scene the bottom line scale of 1 5 3 average anna caterina antonacci 5 jonas kaufmann 5 norah amsellem 3 4 ildebrando d arcangelo 4 francesca zambello 4 antonio pappano 4 5 overall impression 5 posted by mostly opera at 05 49 5 comments labels anna caterina antonacci antonio pappano dvd review jonas kaufmann london roh tuesday 10 february 2009 metropolitan opera 2009 10 hd season announced officially the metropolitan has announced the 2009 10 hd season tosca october 10 levine mattila m álvarez uusitalo plishka aida october 24 gatti urmana zajick botha guelfi scandiuzzi kocán turandot november 7 nelsons guleghina poplavskaya giordani ramey les contes d hoffmann december 19 levine kim netrebko gubanova garanča villazón pape der rosenkavalier january 9 levine fleming graham schäfer cutler allen sigmundsson carmen january 16 nézet séguin frittoli gheorghiu alagna kwiecien simon boccanegra february 6 levine pieczonka giordani domingo morris hamlet march 27 langrée dessay larmore spence keenlyside morris armida may 1 frizza fleming brownlee ford zapata banks van rensburg posted by mostly opera at 20 50 1 comment labels metropolitan opera dvd reviews dvd reviews listed alphabetically by the composer bártok béla duke bluebeards castle film by kováts 1981 solti c beethoven ludwig van fidelio metropolitan opera 2002 flimm d levine c fidelio zurich 2004 flimm d harnoncourt c fidelio valencia 2006 pier alli d mehta c missa solemnis 2005 dresdner frauenkirche fabio luisi c bellini vincenzo i puritani metropolitan opera 2007 sequi d sumners c berg alban lulu 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