Opera premiere: a lot of applause, rather moderate criticism

The opera "Beatrice Cenci" by Berthold Goldschmidt was presented Wednesday night at the Bregenz Festival. There was a lot of public applause. The critics interviewed by the ORF were rather held back by their praise

The opening of the 73rd Bregenz Festival was completed Wednesday evening with many applause. The first Austrian of the rarity of the opera "Beatrice Cenci" was staged by Johannes Erath at the Festspielhaus

Richter: "More symphony than opera"

Critics interviewed did praise. For Elisabeth Richter of Deutschlandfunk, the play was more of a great symphony than an opera. The emotions were, according to Richter, not in the vocal declarations, but rather in the music itself, a little like Wagner, very symphonic, according to Richter. The opera is difficult to stage, because the dramatic effect is lacking in individuals

Grohe: Some symbols "flopped "

Ingrid Grohe from the" Westallgäuer Zeitung "found the staging through the good, but in some places she did not work. Director Johannes Erath has tried to capture all the atmosphere in pictures. He uses many symbols that are mostly conclusive, but in some places he has collapsed. Among other things, the audience would have laughed at the place where Count Cenci, already deceased, had shown his "stinking finger".

Wagner still sees room for improvement

Reinmar Wagner of "Musik & Theater" saw mostly in the performance of the singers and singers are always a breath of fresh air. But there was praise for the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Johannes Debus. He also enjoyed the Prague Philharmonic Choir, which played a very important role in the play

Kriminalfall-based Opera

The Beatrice Berthold Goldschmidt's opera "Beatrice Cenci" is based on a criminal case – often Told, set to music, filmed – The year 1599. Francesco Cenci, rich as well as dishonest, had been murdered by his wife Lucrezia and his daughter Beatrice.

The Acts of the People of Rome Seemed More than Understood Graf had gained a bad reputation since his childhood by brutality and anarchy. For his crimes, he bought the silence of the courts, especially the papal curia – for Cenci had inherited a fabulous fortune, in whose possession Pope Clement VIII could gradually bring by his cover of the crime of Cenci – more in "Beatrice Cenci innocent Innocent (vorarlberg.ORF.at, 15.7.2018).

Celebrity guests at the premiere of the opera

The 73rd Festival in Bregenz opened Wednesday morning Many important guests have not missed the premiere of opera in the evening.

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