söndag 20 november 2016

NIBELUNGENS RING, STOCKHOLM, MAJ 2017





RHENGULDET (17 och 24 maj)



Alla medverkande i produktionen
WOTAN
DONNER
FROH
LOGE
ALBERICH
MIME
FASOLT
FAFNER
Rasmus Bodén
FRICKA
FREIA
ERDA
WOGLINDE
WELLGUNDE
FLOSSHILDE
DIRIGENT
Marco Letonja
Kungliga Hovkapellet


VALKYRIAN (18 och 25 maj)


Alla medverkande i produktionen
SIEGMUND
WOTAN
HUNDING
SIEGLINDE
BRÜNNHILDE
FRICKA
HELMWIGE
GERHILDE
ORTLINDE
WALTRAUTE
SIEGRUNE
ROSSWEISSE
GRIMGERDE
SCHWERTLEITE
DIRIGENT
Marco Letonja
Kungliga Hovkapellet


SIEGFRIED (20 och 27 maj)


Alla medverkande i produktionen
SIEGFRIED
MIME
WOTAN
ALBERICH
FAFNER
SKOGSFÅGELN
ERDA
BRÜNNHILDE
DIRIGENT
Marco Letonja
Kungliga Hovkapellet


RAGNARÖK (22 och 29 maj)




Alla medverkande i produktionen
SIEGFRIED
GUNTER
HAGEN
Falk Struckmann
ALBERICH
BRÜNNHILDE
GUTRUNE
WALTRAUTE
FÖRSTA NORNAN
ANDRA NORNAN
TREDJE NORNAN
WOGLINDE
WELLGUNDE
FLOSSHILDE

DIRIGENT
Marco Letonja



söndag 4 september 2016

GÖSTA WINBERGH (1943-2002), tenor




Svenska Dagbladets operapris (1985), Hovsångare (1988). Litteris et Artibus (1993), Ledamot nr 894 av Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (1994), Jussi Björlingstipendiet (1994)
Kammarsångare (2002)


Erik (Den flygande holländaren)
(Lohengrin (Lohengrin)
Siegmund (Walkyrian)
Walther von Stolzing (Mästersångarna i Nürnberg)
David (Mästersångarna i Nürnberg)
Tristan (Tristan och Isolde)
Parsifal (Parsifal)



Recensioner

Tim Ashley: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gustafson/ Winbergh/ Tomlinson/ Allen/ Royal Opera Chorus and Orch/ Haitink (The Guardian)

Ewan McCormick: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gustafson/ Winbergh/ Tomlinson/ Allen/ Royal Opera Chorus and Orch/ Haitink (MusicWeb)

Horace Engdahl: Aldrig är Wagner närmare himlen än i ”Lohengrin” (DN.kultur)

Göran Forsling: Great Swedish Singers series on (MusicWeg)
The sixth singer here, Gösta Winbergh, belonged to a later generation than the others and tragically died all too early while still at the top of his trade. He started as a quite lyrical singer, much sought after as a Mozart interpreter of exceptional elegance. During the 1990s he moved over to heavier fields, adding Lohengrin, Walther von Stolzing, Parsifal, Tristan and Siegmund, roles that are not represented here. There is however a Sony disc where we get central parts from Lohengrin and Meistersinger. Here we hear him, besides three excerpts from his 1971 debut as Rodolfo in Gothenburg, in Mozart, some French repertoire and a duet from Nielsen’s Maskarade, an opera in which I admired him very much. Also there are two scenes from the aforementioned Meistersinger, where he was a lively and eager David. At the time, Leif Aare wrote prophetically in Dagens Nyheter that in ten years time he will be a great Walther. Considering Winbergh’s very lyrical voice in 1977, I much doubted this prophecy, but Aare was right and few tenors of the day, Heppner and Domingo apart, could challenge him. In due time I hope Bluebell will be able to produce a disc with the "mature" Winbergh. As it is we have him here as the very fine lyrical tenor from which he started.

Fredrik Rundkvist: Operasångaren Gösta Winbergh död (Aftonbladet)

Andra länkar:



Lohengrin





Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg








fredag 29 juli 2016

DANIEL FRANK, tenor




Uppsala kommuns kulturstipendium 2010
Folkoperans vänners soliststipendium 2010
Birgit Nilsson stipendiet 2012
Den Nordiska Första S:t Johannislogen Jubelfond 2012
Operavännernas Brodin stipendium 2013
Operans solisters Set Svanholm stipendium 2014
Tidskriften OPERAs Operapris 2014

Repertoar

Nuvarande: Tannhäuser, Lohengrin
2016-2017: Siegfried, Götterdämmerung








Lohengrin



Tannhäuser






JOHN LUNDGREN, baryton








Göteborgs Posten: John Lundgren: Det blir blixtar och dunder (Hanna Tornbrant)


söndag 10 april 2016

SIV WENNBERG, sopran




1988 – Svenska Dagbladets operapris
1994 – Hovsångare

Repertoar

Irene (Rienzi) Elsa (Lohengrin) Sieglinde (Valkyrian) Isolde (Tristan och Isolde) Erda (Siegfried)



Recensioner

Om Siv Wennberg: Richard Wagner Tristan & Isolde (WYASTONE) - A Great Primadonna Volume 2:
The performance in Linköping and Stockholm in October 1988 gave rise to splendid reviews in the press, Svenska Dagbladet headlined "Siv Wennberg radiant Isolde" and the critic Carl-Gunnar Åhlén wrote "Her name is far from unknown, but all the same the event can be regarded as a second debut, and in addition a world sensation, the soprano Siv Wennberg on Wednesday evening in Linköping Concert Hall." (...)
Other newspapers like Expressen and Dagens Nyheter described how she impressed with her complete command in the more dramatic parts and beautiful in its higher register. The Stockholm concert was recorded and is now at last issued on disc, 26 years later .

”Tristan och Isolde” från 1988, med Norrköpings symfoniorkester, en imponerande prestation som gav henne Svenska Dagbladets operapris (SvD).


Intervjuer

Siv Wennberg: ”Jag borde vara en ikon för feminismen idag” (SVT Nyheter)


Audio/Video

Elsa (Lohengrin)
Irene (Rienzi)