Production: Cast: This is the third manufacturing of a Jan\u00e1\u010dek Opera offered by the Geneva Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre because the arrival of intendant Aviel Kahn. The first one was the sensible and dramatic manufacturing of The Makropoulos Affair<\/em> two years in the past, adopted final yr by Jen\u016ffa, <\/em>staged by a staff together with the identical orchestra, conductor, director and lead soprano.<\/p>\n Unlike at Zurich Opera home, the stage in Geneva could be very vast, which generally is a pressure on the singers. Director Tatjana G\u00fcrbaca and set designer Henrik Ahr solved this problem by constructing a wood setting which served dramatic goals, just like the drowning Katia disappearing from the again of the stage, but additionally musical ones: singers might soar above the orchestra.<\/p>\n Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s works are nice materials for robust Personenregie<\/em>, and this was the case right here. G\u00fcrbaca\u2019s manufacturing didn’t spotlight Katia\u2019s oppression and sorrow, however proper from the beginning selected to current her as virtually \u2018autistic\u2019, unable to attach with the opposite characters.<\/p>\n During the love scene, Katia and Boris sang with ardour however had been bodily distant, reminding us of Bayreuth\u2019s manufacturing of Tristan und Isolde<\/em> by the late Heiner M\u00fcller the place each singers within the second act sang unbelievably intense music, however at both finish of the stage. Katia\u2019s public confession within the final act was met with indifference from the characters on stage, every robotically repeating the identical motion.<\/p>\n As with many reinterpretations, this labored very effectively in some moments and fewer so in others. The huge loss was the caricature of Kabanicha, who was now not the menacing presence she might be, in addition to a voluntary lack of poetry from the younger couple, V\u00e1\u0148a (Sam Furness) and Varvara (Ena Pongrac), which normally gives a distinction to Katia each together with her husband and her lover. But all scenes with Katia labored effectively and this was the \u2018price to we had to pay\u2019.<\/p>\n The casting was very robust total. Corinne Winters, who sang the half in Salzburg this summer season in a really totally different manufacturing by the Barrie Kosky\/Jakub Hr\u016f\u0161a staff confirmed her nice expertise. The voice is highly effective and safe. She has expression and depth on stage. She is the trendy Katia of our era and a singer that one needs to listen to discover many roles.<\/p>\n By her aspect, Ale\u0161 Briscein displayed real vocal depth as Boris. Elena Zhidkova (Kabanicha) was hampered by the manufacturing idea, which decreased the influence of her half. T\u00f3mas T\u00f3masson (Dik\u00f3j), who has usually sung in Geneva, was high quality casting. Geneva usually finds and nurtures younger singers in residence, from whence got here the Varvara sung joyfully by Pongrac, whereas Ukrainian mezzo Natalia Ruda (Feklousa) could have only some traces to sing however impressed and ought to be a reputation to comply with.<\/p>\n As is usually the case with premieres, the orchestra took time to seek out its mark. Usually, ensembles may be considerably loud however the reverse occurred right here, they began out a bit of too softly. The timpani that gives a leitmotif all through the work was inaudible \u2026 As the night went on, stability improved and the Swiss Romande was a powerful contributor within the final act. But these are points normally resolved with additional performances.<\/p>\n Readers in Brno could have the chance to listen to these musicians on November thirteenth on the Jan\u00e1\u010dek Brno Festival. They and Geneva residents mustn’t hesitate to go and uncover what is unquestionably a powerful manufacturing.<\/p>\n Antoine L\u00e9vy-Leboyer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Switzerland Jan\u00e1\u010dek, K\u00e1t\u2019a Kabanov\u00e1: Soloists, Choeur du Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve (refrain grasp: Alan Woodbridge), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande \/ Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil (conductor). Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, 21.10.2022. (ALL) Corinne Winters (Katia) and Ale\u0161 Briscein (Boris) \u00a9 Carole Parodi Production:Director \u2013\u00a0Tatjana G\u00fcrbacaSets \u2013 Henrik AhrCostumes \u2013 Barbara DrosihnDramaturgy \u2013 Bettina AuerVideos \u2013 Kamil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Switzerland\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/world-flags\/images\/flags\/24\/ch.png\" "\\"Switzerland\\"\/")
Switzerland<\/span><\/span><\/span> Jan\u00e1\u010dek, <\/span><\/strong>K\u00e1t\u2019a Kabanov\u00e1<\/em><\/strong>: <\/strong><\/span>Soloists, Choeur du Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve (refrain grasp: Alan Woodbridge), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande \/ Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil (conductor). Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, 21.10.2022. (ALL)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/22-23_GTG_Katia_Kabanova_PG_20221018_CaroleParodi-1118-500x333.jpg\")
<\/strong>Director \u2013\u00a0Tatjana G\u00fcrbaca
Sets \u2013 Henrik Ahr
Costumes \u2013 Barbara Drosihn
Dramaturgy \u2013 Bettina Auer
Videos \u2013 Kamil Polak
Lighting \u2013 Stefan Bolliger<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Katia Kabanova\u00a0\u2013 Corinne Winters
Boris Grigorjevi\u010d\u00a0\u2013 Ale\u0161 Briscein
Marfa Ignat\u011bvna (Kabanicha)\u00a0\u2013 Elena Zhidkova
Tichon Ivany\u010d Kabanov\u00a0\u2013 Magnus Vigilius
Sav\u00ebl Prokofjevi\u010d Dik\u00f3j\u00a0\u2013 T\u00f3mas T\u00f3masson
V\u00e1\u0148a Kudrja\u0161\u00a0\u2013 Sam Furness
Varvara\u00a0\u2013 Ena Pongrac
Kuligin \u2013 Vladimir Kazako
Feklousa \u2013 Natalia Ruda<\/p>\n