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The mirror in the man

This production of Der Rosenkavalier (directed by Stefan Herheim for Staatstheater Stuttgart) looks fascinating:

Am Schluss sitzen die Feldmarschallin links, der Faninal rechts in der Loge und schauen milde, verstört, verletzt auf das jugendliche Paar Octavian-Sophie. Sie schicken sich ins Unvermeidliche – sie warten auf den Tod. Andere suchen ihn selbst: Pan an der Rampe schlingt die Splitterreste der silbernen Rose herunter, verblutet zu den für sie symbolhaft stehenden, verschränkten gleißenden Akkorden, die Honeck körperlos starr, eiskalt nebeneinander gesetzt spielen lässt. Ein letztes Zucken zu Strauss’ finalen Scherzotakten besiegelt: Pans Spiel ist aus. Der Sexus tot. [Stuttgareter Zeitung]

According to George Loomis in the New York Times, “bravos easily drowned out a few boos for the production team” for this Rosenkavalier, in contrast to the “essentially traditional Boccanegra” (by Federico Tiezzi, starring Placido Domingo), which “was roundly booed” in Berlin.

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24 comments

  • 21
    The Logical Tenor says:

    I imagine being booed in Berlin nowadays is quite a compliment.

  • 22
    The Logical Tenor says:

    One has to admire someone who is such an admirer of the Satyricon, Dante’s Inferno, Midsummernight’s Dream and The Wizard of Oz that he wants to see them all together in the same place.

  • 23
    werther says:

    THIS LOOKS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I´M SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOING TO STUTTGART!!!!!