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Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini
D: Herbert Fritsch
C: Stefano MontanariMichele MariottiGiacomo Sagripanti
Rothko meets Rococo in the Wiener Staatsoper's new Il barbiere di Siviglia

Flórez set a high bar, but the other principals cleared it. Paolo Bordogna was an engagingly buffo Bartolo. As Rosina, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya’s coloratura was impeccable, her middle voice well controlled, her high notes sure-footed. The robust baritone of Étienne Dupuis’ Figaro was the perfect instrument for the wily barber with his finger in every Sevillian pie who helps guide Almaviva and Rosina to a happy ending. And as the scheming Don Basilio, Ildar Abdrazakov’s gloriously effortless and sonorous bass was a treat. Also good, if not exceptional, were Aurora Marthens as Bartolo’s nerve-wracked maid and Stefan Astakhov as Almaviva's servant, Fiorello. And if not champagne, the Staatsopernorchester under Michele Mariotti was at least a sparkling wine, delivering much of the elegance, wit, zest and glitter found in the music. But not all was well on stage. No less an expert than Verdi wrote that Barbiere “is the finest opera buffa that exists”. Rossini left plenty of room for slapstick in his comic opera, but there was simply too much of it in this performance; too many unnecessary pratfalls, too much mugging. Simply put, it was too laboured an effort to be funny. And so, the heavy handed attempts to provoke laughs from the audience soon met the same fate as the perpetually moving scenic backdrops: at first pleasing, they soon turned annoying, two blemishes on an otherwise enjoyable evening.

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03 ottobre 2021bachtrack.comGeorge Jahn
Marinka, Kálmán
C: Koen Schoots
KÁLMÁN-FINALE

Diesmal gab es keinen Moderator, der durch die Handlung führte, sondern einer der Protagonisten – Peter Bording als Josef Bratfisch, Leibfiaker seiner Majestät, – erzählte die Geschichte [...]. Der niederländische Bariton tat dies mit viel Charme und Ironie, sang darüber hinaus sehr wohllautend und sinnlich. Er stimmt den einzigen für das Stück komponierten Titel („Only One Touch of Vienna“) an [...]. Als Charmeur erweist sich Bording auch in „Turn on the Charm“, das er mit schmeichelnd-verführerischen Tönen vorträgt und dabei vom Chor der Komischen Oper (Einstudierung: David Cavelius) begleitet wird. Rhythmisch prägnant und mit vitaler Energie erklingt die Ballade „Old Man Danube’s“, mit der Kálmán den berühmten Titel aus Showboat zitiert.

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18 dicembre 2016Bernd Hoppe
Happy End bei Emmerich Kálmáns und Barry Koskys „MARINKA“-Weihnachtsbäckerei

Peter Bording, nicht Kutscher, sondern Taxifahrer, agiert als Charmebolzen-Conférencier mit wohlklingenden Bariton, zumal wenn er „Old Man Danube“ schmettert, übrigens Koskys erklärter Lieblingssong in dieser Operette [...].

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19 dicembre 2016onlinemerker.comUrsula Wiegand