One of the first opened the Berlin state Opera: the leading theater of the country showed “the Rhine Gold” of Richard Wagner staged by Director Jonathan Golub. Large-scale Opera of the German genius, opening its Grand mythological tetralogy “der Ring des Nibelungen” was not at the Opera house, and in an unusual open-air – theatre on-site Parking, designed for 175 spectators. Besides, a four-hour musical drama had little to cut, and the richest part of the Wagnerian orchestra was reduced to 22 people.
To a normal life, the theatre will only return closer to autumn: August 31, under the management of Daniel Barenboim be filled with Beethoven’s symphonies, and the first Opera production in September will be “Ariadne auf Naxos” of Richard Strauss in the uncut version of Hans Neuenfels.
Another famous German theater – Semper Opera house – opened to music lovers with a series of performances and concerts, bearing the symbolic name “Begin”. In contrast to Berlin, then the first sounded Italian music – Opera “don Carlos” of Giuseppe Verdi: the main roles were played by Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov. 330 spectators heard an abbreviated ninety-minute version of Verdi’s masterpiece. It is interesting that artists, like the audience, had to comply with social distance.
“just that couple at the Opera should be separated” – ironically wrote about the star performers of the roles of Elisabeth and don Carlos columnist for the German newspaper FAZ Michael Ernst.
the Concert program, which will last until the beginning of the summer holidays, will be performed under the artistic Director of the Saxon Staatskapelle Christian Thielemann.
the Bavarian Opera also opened in the first summer month: the walls of the theatre were performed monodrama contemporary British composer Peter Maxwell Davies ‘ “8 songs for a mad king”, the libretto of which is based on the texts of king George III. The main season starts the first of September: this is three weeks earlier than usual.
quarantine is gradually awakened and less well-known theatres throughout Germany. One of the first was the State Opera of Wiesbaden in the Hesse land: there at the end of may for a limited number of viewers took place live concert of the fall baritone Michael and soprano Gabriela Scherer, who performed arias and duets from operas by Wagner and Strauss.
however, some big Opera house, for example, the Hamburg state Opera, will open in September: the first full-fledged concert under the title “Molto agitato”, which will be performances of works by Ligeti, Brahms, and other composers, scheduled for early September, and the first Opera production will be “the Magic flute” in December 2020.
However, German theatres ��to uspokoitsja about the financial problems is not: at the beginning of June, the German government has allocated one billion euros to support cultural institutions. “Our goal is to save our unique cultural landscape,” said Monica Gruetters authorized by the German government for culture and media.
