DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (PREMIERE) – DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN (REVIEWS)

Bachtrack by Ako Imamura

New Meistersinger at Deutsche Oper Berlin succeeds musically despite the muddled production

…Philipp Jekal as Beckmesser shares that honour as he was saddled with two walking sticks after his assault at the end of Act 2. These two youngsters, both ensemble members, valiantly rose to the challenge with committed singing…

Berliner Morgenpost by Volker Blech

Sex im Konservatorium

…Philip Jekal führt den Beckmesser nicht nur in einer schrillen, sondern auch suchenden Singweise vor…

Concerti by Roberto Becker

Nachts in der Hochschule

…und Philipp Jekal ein zwar rätselhafterweise von Bewegungsproblemen geplagter, aber stimmlich agiler Sixtus Beckmesser…

Il Giornale della Musica by Stefano Nardelli

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

…così come Philipp Jekal, che è un misurato Sixtus Beckmesser ma non sprovvisto della consueta comicità…

Mundo Clásico by Jesse Simon

Sensible Footwear

…Philipp Jekal was a nicely understated Beckmesser, forced by the staging to walk with varying degrees of feigned back and leg distress, but nonetheless able to deliver his lines with a clean, fastidious elegance that never overemphasized the character’s pedantry; although the staging made little of his relationship with Sachs, he escaped the second act with considerably more dignity than anyone else…

Online Musik Magazin by Stefan Schmöe

Dr. Pogners Konservatorium kann den Meistergesang nicht vor Wagners Schatten schützen

…Beeindruckend klingt ist der klangschöne, elegant artikulierende Beckmesser von Philipp Jekal…

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