Profile reviews
8Most crucial to the evening’s success was Diego Martin-Etxebarria, Chemnitz’s principal resident conductor, who expertly marshalled Verdi’s marches and choruses while highlighting subtleties of orchestration in between. The Met’s monumental, literal-minded “Aida” has accustomed me not to think too much about Verdi’s final grand opera; the team in Chemnitz goes considerably deeper.
Unter der musikalischen Leitung von Diego Martin-Etxebarria, dem Ersten Kapellmeister in Chemnitz wirkt, entstand eine überzeugende Aufnahme des »Schuhu«, die den einfallsreichen Kompositionsstil von Udo Zimmermann noch einmal sehr deutlich macht. Vorzüglich zaubert nicht nur die Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie die aufregend abenteuerliche Vita des Wunderwesens namens Schuhu und seiner fliegenden Prinzessin nach, sondern gestaltet mit einem bestens aufeinander abgestimmtem Solistenensemble – allen voran Andreas Beinhauer und Marie Hänsel in den höchst poetischen Titelpartien – geradezu szenisch erlebbare Klangeindrücke.
Past Production Reviews
4Most crucial to the evening’s success was Diego Martin-Etxebarria, Chemnitz’s principal resident conductor, who expertly marshalled Verdi’s marches and choruses while highlighting subtleties of orchestration in between. The Met’s monumental, literal-minded “Aida” has accustomed me not to think too much about Verdi’s final grand opera; the team in Chemnitz goes considerably deeper.
Diego Martin-Etxebarria's musical direction renounced to traditional consecration and grandeur and celebrated a highly modern Mozart with elegance and fluent liveliness. The Niederrheinische Sinfoniker played with stylistic confidence - I would even say with outstanding virtuosity. We haven't heard such a convincing Mozart in a long time - to do so one has to drive far.
One quickly got used to the open sound in the empty auditorium, especially since Diego Martin Etxebarria with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker developed an excellent sound volume, colorfulness and delicacy, with which the orchestra meticulously supported the psychogram on stage.
Maestro Diego Martin-Etxebarria dealt with all the musical and theatrical material with the ability and security of someone well seasoned and well trained in many pits. His work seemed to me meritorious and demanded a great concentration to have everything ordered and channeled.
