Her Ortrud had real fervour, her interactions with her husband Telramund tellingly Lady Macbeth-like and her persuasiveness with Elsa full of guile. In the 2019-2020 season, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra is playing in the DNO productions of Pagliacci I Cavalleria rusticana, Die Walküre, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny and Die Frau ohne Schatten. CRW Toulouse-Occitanie - Conférence/Déjeuner de Noël. WS Washington - Ben Heppner Talks about Three of his Wagner Roles.

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The Festival began a Ring Cycle with a new production of Das Rheingold, June 5-11, 2019. As for Richard Jones' production, it was difficult to know what to make of his concept, which sees Elsa and her chums build her marital home, as if brick by brick, on the stage before our eyes. Dec. 12. Unique in this staging of Die Walküre is that the orchestra plays not from the pit, but in the midst of the drama. He was appointed principal stage director of the Komische Oper Berlin in 2002, succeeding Harry Kupfer in that role, and was further named Intendant in 2004. 12.

The orchestra seeks to make the classical repertoire accessible to everyone, performing not only in concert halls but also a range of unusual and more adventurous venues. The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra is playing in Così fan tutte and La Cenerentola. It doesn't seem that long ago since Mattila was singing the role of Elsa herself, but she is now at the stage in her career where she is transitioning from romantic leads to what have traditionally been mezzo-soprano roles – often, as here, characters in dramatic opposition to those she has previously sung in the same opera.