Home-baked mini-reviews of operas and ballets from the Zürich Opernhaus. Faster than reading the reviews in German, especially if you don't speak German.

Wednesday 14 December 2016

Mozart - The Abduction from the Seraglio

The Abduction from the Seraglio - Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Gottlieb Stefanie (1782)

Direction : Maxim Emelyanychev - Production : David Hermann

Opernhaus Zürich, November 11th 2016


Konstanze (Olga Peretyatko) & Bassa Selim (Sam Louwyck) - Picture: T + T Fotografie / Tanja Dorendorf


Should you go?

No, I left at the break, save yourself the trouble and money.

Why?

Musically below par, the production is a confused mess, with David Hermann piling up devices instead of providing coherent directions to the soloists.


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