Rienzi – Deutsche Oper Berlin (Reviews)
Performances on the 5th, 18th and 10th of May 2019
Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.
This selection does not claim to be complete.
Bachtrack by Ako Imamura
Deutsche Oper Berlin revives Philipp Stölzl’s production of Rienzi, set in Berlin
…But it was Annika Schlicht as Adriano who was the vocal standout of the evening. Her substantial and warm voice opened up with power and resonance as she played the role of a young man who falls in love with the sister of her father’s enemy. Her duet with Teige was full of passion and trepidation, and she remained the driving force throughout the performance…
Boulezian by Mark Berry
Rienzi, Deutsche Oper, 18 April 2019
…Annika Schlicht, however, in the Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient role of Adriano, proved the star of the show: clear as a bell, bright and subtle as a speaking clarinet, and very much a breeches mezzo on stage. (Schröder-Devrient seems to have struggled to learn the part: there were clearly no such difficulties here.) I hope to hear – and see – more from her…
gothicnetwork.org by Livia Bidoli
Deutsche Oper Berlin. Rienzi nel Nido delle Aquile
...Adriano che, attraverso il timbro ben scandito, il ritmo sempre in accordo con i toni, la variabilità nella modulazione della voce, ha incantato tutto il pubblico al massimo livello: Annika Schlicht è una rivelazione…
Online Merker by Dr. Ingobert Waltenberger
BERLIN / Deutsche Oper: RIENZI, Wagner -Woche, 10.5.2019
18. Aufführung seit der Premiere am 24.1.2010 in der Regie von Philipp Stölzl
…Musikalisch ist der Abend geprägt durch eine triumphalen Sangesleistung des Ensemble-Mitglieds Annika Schlicht als Adriano. Die junge schwäbische Mezzosopranistin mit beeindruckendem Altfundament und dramatischer Attacke macht als Sohn des adeligen Verschwörers Steffano Colonnas und Geliebte der Schwester Rienzis den seelischen Zwiespalt, die Zerrissenheit in den Loyalitäten beeindruckend hörbar. Mit glühend dunklen Tönen und luftig aufschwingenden Höhen ist sie das vokale und emotionale Epizentrum der Aufführung…
Opern- & Konzertkritik by Anton Schlatz
Deutsche Oper: Rienzi
…Die Hosenrolle des Nobili Adriano macht Annika Schlicht dank vibrierender Mezzo-Leidenschaft und flammenden Affekt zu einem Zentrum der Aufführung…
Cast:
| conductor | Evan Rogister |
| director | Philipp Stölzl |
| assistant director | Mara Kurotschka |
| set designs | Ulrike Siegrist, Philipp Stölzl |
| costumes | Kathi Maurer, Ursula Kudrna |
| video | FettFilm (Momme Hinrichs und Torge Møller) |
| chorus director | Jeremy Bines |
| Rienzi | Torsten Kerl |
| Irene | Martina Welschenbach (5.4.), Elisabeth Teige |
| Steffano Colonna | Andrew Harris |
| Adriano | Annika Schlicht |
| Paolo Orsini | Dong-Hwan Lee |
| Kardinal Orvieto | Derek Welton |
| Baroncelli | Clemens Bieber |
| Cecco del Vecchio | Stephen Bronk |
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