THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (PREMIERE) – STADTTHEATER GIESSEN (REVIEWS)
Premiere on September 4th, 2021 Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.This selection does not claim to be complete.
HIGHLIGHTS
Collaboration with:
Brandenburger Symphoniker | Bremer Philharmoniker | Kuopio Symphony Orchestra | MDR Sinfonieorchester | Münchner Symphoniker | Nürnberger Symphoniker | Sinfonieorchester Kaunas | Staatstheater Braunschweig | Stadttheater Gießen | Volksoper Wien | Wuppertaler Bühnen |
Vita
Conductor Florian Ludwig has been a Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold since 2015. He followed a traditional Kapellmeister career path, leading him to various German city theaters. After positions at the Nationaltheater Mannheim and Theater Bremen—where he initially served as Second Kapellmeister and from 2003 as First Kapellmeister, significantly contributing to the success of the house under the direction of Klaus Pierwoß—he succeeded in dramatically increasing the regional and national popularity and reputation of the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra as General Music Director from 2008 to 2017. His programming and the artistic, cross-genre development of the Philharmonic Orchestra were recognized in the 2014/15 season by the German Music Publishers Association, which awarded him the prize for the best annual program of all orchestras in the German-speaking world. The award particularly praised the exceptional range of the repertoire, covering all epochs of classical orchestral music and including crossover projects with jazz, rock, and pop bands, as well as innovative concert formats that incorporated cabaret artists like Jochen Malmsheimer and Bernd Gieseking.
From 2020 to 2022, Florian Ludwig served as interim General Music Director of the Gießen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stadttheater Gießen, where he made a significant artistic impact during the pandemic with a concert performance of Tristan und Isolde.
Florian Ludwig has conducted his own productions at the Wuppertal Bühnen, the Volksoper Vienna, and the Staatstheater Braunschweig, and is a welcome guest conductor with the Bremer Philharmoniker, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig. Additionally, he has conducted the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra in Finland, and the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra in Lithuania, among others. Since 2019, he has maintained a continuous collaboration with the Chamber Opera in Rheinsberg.
Ludwig’s repertoire is characterized by its wide variety and openness to new and unfamiliar works. He is particularly passionate about developing engaging, audience-oriented musical concepts. “Music can overcome boundaries, erase language barriers, and create unity where there was once division. This is why music is more socially important today than ever before.”
2024-08-15
Repertoire (Opera)
| Leonard Bernstein | WEST SIDE STORY |
| Georges Bizet | CARMEN |
| Benjamin Britten | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM |
| THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | |
| THE TURN OF THE SCREW | |
| Gaetano Donizetti | LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR |
| Charles Gounod | ROMEO UND JULIA |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | HÄNSEL UND GRETEL |
| Leoš Janáček | KATJA KABANOWA |
| Joonas Kokkosen | VIIMEISET KIUSAUKSET |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | DIE TOTE STADT |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | PAGLIACCI |
| Albert Lortzing | ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN |
| Jules Massenet | DON QUICHOTTE |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | COSÌ FAN TUTTE |
| DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL | |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | |
| DON GIOVANNI | |
| LA FINTA GIARDINIERA | |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | |
| Otto Nicolai | DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR |
| Jacques Offenbach | HOFFMANNS ERZÄHLUNGEN |
| ORPHEUS IN DER UNTERWELT | |
| PARISER LEBEN | |
| Poulenc, Bach, Haydn, Bruckner, Telemann | GLAUBE. LIEBE. ABSCHIED. |
| Giacomo Puccini | IL TABARRO |
| LA BOHÈME | |
| TURANDOT | |
| Gioacchino Rossini | CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO |
| Bedřich Smetana | DIE VERKAUFTE BRAUT |
| Stephen Sondheim | INTO THE WOODS |
| Heinrich Sutermeister | LE ROI BÉRENGER |
| Sándor Szokolay | BLUTHOCHZEIT |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | PIMPINONE oder DIE UNGLEICHE HEIRAT |
| Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski | PIQUE DAME |
| Giuseppe Verdi | AIDA |
| FALSTAFF | |
| IL TROVATORE | |
| LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | |
| LA TRAVIATA | |
| MACBETH | |
| OTELLO | |
| RIGOLETTO | |
| UN BALLO IN MASCHERA | |
| Richard Wagner | LOHENGRIN |
| TANNHÄUSER | |
| TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | |
| Carl Maria von Weber | DER FREISCHÜTZ |
| Kurt Weill | AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY |
| STREET SCENE | |
| Alfons Karl Zwicker | DER TOD UND DAS MÄDCHEN |
