[...] und Timo Rößner [singt] einen lausbübischen, erfrischen natürlichen Pedrillo.
Most 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.
A bold season opener: The Görlitz Theater has brought out "Derliebe Augustin" by Leo Fall, an operetta about pleasurably getting into debt. No new topic for the director Daniel Morgenroth, who took over the house in a tense situation. With this piece he wants to set an example.