Wagner at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, a retrospective, February 2010
Posted on 17 February 2010Five Wagner operas in six days … was quite a marathon, but well worth it, particularly for three of the productions.
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Tannhäuser, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wagner Wochen, February 2010
Posted on 13 February 2010… what really made the evening was Stephen Gould’s Tannhäuser. He was forceful and articulate with a superb tone and strong stage presence. This is the sort of singer one wants as Tristan or Siegfried — Covent Garden please note.
Der fliegende Holländer, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wagner Wochen, February 2010
Posted on 12 February 2010I’m afraid Tatjana Gürbaca was not up to the job. She was probably more concerned with her own strange concept, in which the men were shown as financial traders, and the women as performers and party girls.