| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 14-May-2013 Salle Pleyel | René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin triumph with Agrippina in Paris |
Marco Borggreve.jpg) One thing is for sure: whether you like Baroque opera or not, you will never be bored by an opera conducted by René Jacobs. By shaking up convention with his subtle readings, sometimes even rewriting the composer’s score, the Belgian conductor is the one of those rare few who always find an elegant way to bring the repetitive mannerisms of the Baroque to life.
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| 9-Mar-2013 Staatsoper at Schiller Theater | The progress of a rake in Berlin: Krzysztof Warlikowski's production with the Staatsoper |
 Ruth Walz.jpg) It’s not often that operas in English get performed in Germany, and so I was somewhat surprised to see such a large and important company as the Berliner Staatsoper taking on Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. This work is often regarded as problematic, because of its bizarre storyline and neo-classical style, and so it was with excitement, but also some trepidation, that I went to Berlin’s Schiller Theater to review the opera.
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