'The Valkyries were superb.'
“The entire cast was cheered by the public, but Stuart Skelton in the role of Siegmund was the most acclaimed. Along with him, were René Pape (Hunding), Tomasz Konieczny (the god Wotan), Adrianne Pieczonka (Sieglinde), Ricarda Merbeth (Brünnilde), Daniela Sindram (Fricka), Julie Davies (Gerhilde), Samantha Crawford (Ortlinde) and Sandra Ferrández (Waltraute).”
Hilsdorf sharpens the victim's perspective. He tells the gloomy ballad of the curse, which is called family, with well-known constants of his work: Of course, table and bed are once again the pillars of the rise and fall of the characters. There is also carousing here: A nasty company, in which there is no room for being different, celebrates the festivals as the heroes fall right next to them.[...] The 'Lucia di Lammermoor' is one of the great successes of bel canto.And luck in itself is the excellent form of the food Philharmoniker act as advocates of the sometimes underestimated epoch. It is no less than exemplary how they illuminate the score down to the smallest angle under the baton of the Apulian Giuseppe Finzi. [...] The opera season has one more top-class act on the repertoire. Bravo!