Salzburg 2010: Dionysos très dithyrambique

Mojca Erdmann and Johannes Martin Kränzle

Dionysos, August 8 2010, Haus für Mozart, Salzburg

Ingo Metzmacher ..... Conductor

Pierre Audi ..... Stage Director

Jonathan Meese ..... Set Design

Johannes Martin Kränzle ..... N.

Mojca Erdmann ..... First Soprano

Elin Rombo ..... Second Soprano

Matthias Klink ..... “A Guest” / Apollo

Virpi Räisänen ..... Mezzo-soprano

Julia Faylenbogen ..... Contralto

Uli Kirsch ..... “The Skin”

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus

Salzburg 2010: Lulu, Richter...

Even though it's not my first trip to Salzburger Festspiele I'm getting increasingly excited [taking off tomorrow]  ;)

The reason?! You might have already noticed that I'm an admirer of fine art -- I try and find the stuff I like in any style but I most resonate with modern and contemporary art -- so the program in Salzburg this year looks like a perfect hit to me: Daniel Richter created the sets for Lulu, and Jonathan Meese for Dionysus. Now combine these creations with live theater and a good/dramatic opera, and you get my dream-Lulu.

Cut from "Daily": Patricia Petibon and Vera Nemirova after the premiere of Lulu

I tried not to read any review about Lulu, to keep my enthusiasm [and potential surprises] intact. I did, however, google about Daniel Richer and came across the following video: