(review in English
below)
O Rapto do Serralho é uma ópera de Mozart com libreto de Gottlieb Stephanie. Konstanze, a sua criada Blonde
e o namorado Pedrillo estão prisioneiros do Pacha Selim num serralho na Turquia.
Belmonte, um nobre espanhol, tenta libertar a sua amada Konstanze e os outros
prisioneiros mas encontra a oposição de Osmin, o guarda do serralho. O Pacha
vê, insistentemente, rejeitado o seu amor por Konstanze. Depois de várias
peripécias os prisioneiros são libertados e tudo acaba em harmonia. No centro
desta comédia escrita em alemão está o choque das duas culturas.
O baixo Thorsen
Grümbel foi o outro cantou que se destacou nesta récita como Osmin.
Cenicamente foi banal mas ofereceu-nos uma voz que, não sendo grande, esteve
sempre afinada e com um registo grave assinalável.
**
The Abduction from the Seraglio is a Mozart opera with libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie. Konstanze, her maid Blonde and her boyfriend Pedrillo are prisoners of the Pasha Selim at a seraglio in
Zurich
Opera House presented a production of Adrian
Marthaler. The staging was not interesting. The first act takes
place by the sea, in a place like a dump. We hear dogs seagulls and crickets. Beyond the garbage scattered around
the stage, there is only one path of stones. The second act is set in the
exterior of the palace of the Pasha Selim, that looks like a housing estate. The
third act takes place inside the palace, in empty rooms, only with mirrors on
the walls.
Conductor Patrick Lange directed the Zurich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Zurich Opera Chorus. They were ok but
not impressive.
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena interpreted a good Belmonte and he was one of the best performances heard this night. On stage he was well. He offered us a powerful voice, well tuned in all registers and very interesting in the top notes.
Konstanze was interpreted by soprano Jane Archibald. I id not like her performance because she shouted more than sang. She was regular in middle register but ugly in the high register. I know that her part has arias of great difficulty, such as Martern aller Arten, but the singer failed to match what it was worth.
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena interpreted a good Belmonte and he was one of the best performances heard this night. On stage he was well. He offered us a powerful voice, well tuned in all registers and very interesting in the top notes.
Konstanze was interpreted by soprano Jane Archibald. I id not like her performance because she shouted more than sang. She was regular in middle register but ugly in the high register. I know that her part has arias of great difficulty, such as Martern aller Arten, but the singer failed to match what it was worth.
Tenor Michael Laurenz was a regular Pedrillo without
any characteristic that positively impressed.He was just OK.
Blonde was interpreted by soprano Rebeca Olvera. She was another disappointing singer. The voice was small and could barely be heard, and on stage she was also not captive
Bass Thorsen Grümbel was the other singer that stood out in this performance as Osmin. Artistically he was banal but he offered us a voice which, although not big, was always in tune and with a remarkable low register.
A performance that fell far short of my expectations.
**
Blonde was interpreted by soprano Rebeca Olvera. She was another disappointing singer. The voice was small and could barely be heard, and on stage she was also not captive
Bass Thorsen Grümbel was the other singer that stood out in this performance as Osmin. Artistically he was banal but he offered us a voice which, although not big, was always in tune and with a remarkable low register.
A performance that fell far short of my expectations.
**
Hi Fanatico,
ResponderEliminarMozart is always "dangerous". Either you sing well or not. No in between.
Re. Javier Camarena I fully agree with you. I've heard him twice in Zurich and like his clean and warm tenor very much. Looking forward to seeing and hearing him again in Salzburg in May.