Los tiempos que vivimos convirtieron una obra de calidad dispar y poco representada en un reproche universal de vibrante actualidad.“No borders.No nations” dice un grafitti en un muro que separa a los refugiados de los habitantes de la isla griega de Quíos

Between Christof Loy’s unsettling staging and a captivating performance of the title role from Sara Jakubiak, the evening provided an ideal introduction to Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini, a work of challenging intensity

Antes de partir para los ensayos en Glyndebourne, la Filarmónica de Londres cerró su temporada londinense con dos conciertos que sirvieron para la presentación de violinistas extraordinarios, Rachlin e Ibragimova, junto a batutas descollantes, Mäkelä y Gardner

Director Tobias Kratzer used the stated setting of 'Arabella' as his starting point, and the first act unfolded against the backdrop of a meticulously recreated Viennese hotel.The only intrusion of the modern world was a camera crew of three so inobtrusive that they could not possibly have belonged to the same reality as the action

Arabella se cuestiona la sociedad que le rodea e, incluso, al contrario de lo que afirma Loy, se concibe a sí misma como algo diferente a lo que representan su madre y su hermana: volcanes emocionales que no reflexionan racionalmente sobre su condición y sus actos.

No dio la sensación de que a Albertcht le interesara crispar el discurso más allá de lo necesario.No lo forzó y en cambio fue capaz de conferirle una penetrante morbidez difícil de encontrar en otras propuestas.

With minimal directorial intervention, the opera could be turned into a dark, fetishistic tale of male obsession and that, in the end, is what Mr Carsen’s production turned out to be.But to get there, he played the first two and a half acts as straight as possible.

The story, in which all characters except Heliane are identified solely by their function, takes place in an unspecified distant realm where joy and laughter have been forbidden by the King.When a stranger arrives bringing happiness to the people he is soon arrested and sentenced to death, but is offered a last-minute reprieve if he can convince the King’s wife, Heliane, to love the King.