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Eugene Onegin review – Grigorian's riveting Tatyana steals the show

In Edinburgh, this interpretation was strengthened by an astonishing central performance from Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian. She captures the vulnerability and impetuosity of the young Tatyana, developing from initial awkwardness to throbbing, chest-beating emotionality in the letter scene. Allied with a voice that combines power and beauty, this is an utterly riveting performance, completed by her metamorphosis into self-possessed society beauty in the final act.

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16 August 2019www.theguardian.comRowena Smith

Past Production Reviews

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Manon Lescaut, Puccini
D: Robert Carsen
C: Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Befreit von Operndivengesten: "Manon Lescaut" an der Staatsoper

Das Schlussbild von Robert Carsens gegenwartsnaher Deutung von Puccinis Manon Lescaut (Neuproduktion 2005) ist wohl deren stärkstes: Der Kanadier lässt die Shoppingqueen Manon nicht in der Wüste, sondern unter den gleichgültigen Blicken von Schaufensterpuppen in einer Luxuseinkaufspassage sterben, quasi vor verschlossener Tür im Goldenen Quartier.

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06 February 2022www.derstandard.atStefan Ender
Asmik et Brian chez les nouveaux riches

Nous voici dans l’univers des nouveaux riches du XXIe siècle. Le décor unique se métamorphose tour à tour en galerie de luxe où les vitrines de robes griffées côtoient les SDF, en penthouse dont les fenêtres s’ouvrent sur la vue à couper le souffle d’une skyline dantesque (on pense à la Perle de l’Orient à Shanghai), en ruelle lugubre où la pègre (avec Géronte à sa tête) prostitue des jeunes filles, pour échouer au dernier acte en galerie commerciale de béton et de verre, toujours aussi froide et jonchée des résidus de notre société du paraître et de la consommation de masse.

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05 February 2022www.forumopera.comYannick Bouassaert
Yevgeny Onegin, Tchaikovsky, P. I.
D: Barrie Kosky
C: Ainars Rubikis
Eugene Onegin review – Grigorian's riveting Tatyana steals the show

In Edinburgh, this interpretation was strengthened by an astonishing central performance from Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian. She captures the vulnerability and impetuosity of the young Tatyana, developing from initial awkwardness to throbbing, chest-beating emotionality in the letter scene. Allied with a voice that combines power and beauty, this is an utterly riveting performance, completed by her metamorphosis into self-possessed society beauty in the final act.

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16 August 2019www.theguardian.comRowena Smith
Elektra, Strauss
D: Krzysztof Warlikowski
C: Franz Welser-Möst
Das Opernglas

»Hervorragend besetzt war außerdem der Orest mit der prachtvollen Bassbaritonstimme von Derek Welton, übrigens dem designierten Wotan im – hoffentlich doch noch zu realisierenden – neuen ›Ring‹ an der Deutschen Oper Berlin.«

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01 September 2020U Ehrensberger
The Opera Critic

‘Welton takes the prize for the most pregnant diction of the evening, and together with a substantial and effortless bass-baritone, can claim an auspicious debut.’

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14 August 2020theoperacritic.comMoore Parker

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