Non avevamo mai sentito, invece, Emma McNairy, Ännchen: ci ha colpito per la fresca spigliatezza della voce e la presenza drammatica. We had never heard, however, Emma McNairy, Ännchen: she struck us for the fresh ease of her voice and her dramatic presence.
Frankfurter Allgemein, Stephan Mösch, 15.02.22 Das Ännchen der stimmstarken und musikalisch pointensicheren Emma McNairy muss als Domina in weißen Lacklederstiefeln männliche Hündchen züchtigen.
February 13, 2022 . The German forest is sawed up, the romantic opera is dismantled. A hell of a noise roars in the Wolfsschlucht. It's not an orchestra, it's three chainsaws and a chipper that are deafening to the ears. Huge real spruce trunks are abused there. Ersan Mondtag's Kassel production of Carl Maria von Weber's "Freischütz" wants nothing to do with folkloric patriotism. It...