Bleak house
Karita Mattila’s Ortrud, taut conducting, and a remarkable debut emerge from Richard Jones’s dreary Lohengrin Konzept.
18 pieces since 2010 — in 13 roles, at 8 companies, most often at Bayerische Staatsoper.
2 pieces as Telramund — stats above show all coverage for Wolfgang Koch.
View allKarita Mattila’s Ortrud, taut conducting, and a remarkable debut emerge from Richard Jones’s dreary Lohengrin Konzept.
I’d never actually seen a production of Lohengrin before I agreed to review a new Decca DVD of Richard Jones‘s staging for the Bayerische Staastoper, starring Jonas Kaufmann, so I hope I’ve got this right: It’s about this architect named Elsa, who lives in an Orwellian steampunk Germany that has videocamera technology but still dresses like […]
Exclusive opera reviews, commentary, and top reads
delivered to your email weekly…ish.