Arabella, R.Strauss – Met Opera relay – Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 22/11/25

Conductor,  Nicholas Carter; Director, Otto Schenk; Designer, Günther Schneider Siemssen; Costumes,  Milena Canonero; Lighting, Gil Wechsler. Arabella, Rachel Willis-Sørensen;  Zdenka, Louise Alder;  Fiakermilli,  Julie Roset;  Countess Adelaide Waldner,  Karen Cargill;  Matteo,  Pavol Breslik;  Mandryka,  Tomasz Konieczny;  Count Waldner,  Brindley Sherratt This production looks like something from another era (and indeed it is – first seenContinue reading “Arabella, R.Strauss – Met Opera relay – Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 22/11/25”

R. Strauss, Die Schweigsame Frau, Thielemann, Staatsoper, Berlin, 19/7/25

Conductor, Christian Thielemann; Production: Jan Philipp Gloger; Design, Ben Baur; Costumes: Justina Klimczyk; Lighting: Tobias Krauß;  Video: Leonard Wölfl; Choreography: Florian Hurler; Sir Morosus: Peter Rose; His housekeeper, Iris Vermillion; Barber Cutting Beard: Samuel Hasselhorn; Henry Morosus: Siyabonga Maqungo; Aminta, his wife: Brenda Rae; Isotta: Evelin Novak; Carlotta: Rebecka Wallroth; Morbio: Dionysios Avgerinos; Vanuzzi: ManuelContinue reading “R. Strauss, Die Schweigsame Frau, Thielemann, Staatsoper, Berlin, 19/7/25”