Tobias Kratzer
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Arabella
Sara Jakubiak (Arabella), Russell Braun (Mandryka), Elena Tsallagova (Zdenka), Doris Soffel (Adelaide), Robert Watson (Matteo), Albert Pesendorfer (Count Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tobias Kratzer, Sir Donald Runnicles
Sara Jakubiak is more a dramatic than lyric soprano, but phrases gloriously; she’s well matched with Russell Braun’s ardent baritone as a Mr Right from a far Austrian province who learns through... —
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Maria Bengtsson (Christine), Philipp Jekal (Robert Storch), Thomas Blondelle (Baron Lummer), Clemens Bieber (Stroh), Markus Brück (Notary), Nadine Secunde (His Wife)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles,Tobias Kratzer
In short, unless you'd be too irritated by the updating and plot alterations, the result is sheer joy from start to finish, a top-notch realisation of one of the composer's lesser-known masterpieces. —
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Special offer. Nielsen: Maskarade
Monika Buczkowska, Susan Bullock (soprano), Michael Porter, Liviu Holender, Alfred Reiter, Chor der Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern-Und Museumorchester, Titus Engel
a joyous, resonant and highly accomplished performance from Frankfurt Opera of a treacherously difficult and chameleonic work, one that gets to the heart of its agenda and is ever diligent but... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Arabella
Sara Jakubiak (Arabella), Russell Braun (Mandryka), Elena Tsallagova (Zdenka), Doris Soffel (Adelaide), Robert Watson (Matteo), Albert Pesendorfer (Count Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tobias Kratzer, Sir Donald Runnicles
Sara Jakubiak is more a dramatic than lyric soprano, but phrases gloriously; she’s well matched with Russell Braun’s ardent baritone as a Mr Right from a far Austrian province who learns through... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Special offer. Nielsen: Maskarade
Monika Buczkowska, Susan Bullock (soprano), Michael Porter, Liviu Holender, Alfred Reiter, Chor der Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern-Und Museumorchester, Titus Engel
a joyous, resonant and highly accomplished performance from Frankfurt Opera of a treacherously difficult and chameleonic work, one that gets to the heart of its agenda and is ever diligent but... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Maria Bengtsson (Christine), Philipp Jekal (Robert Storch), Thomas Blondelle (Baron Lummer), Clemens Bieber (Stroh), Markus Brück (Notary), Nadine Secunde (His Wife)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles,Tobias Kratzer
In short, unless you'd be too irritated by the updating and plot alterations, the result is sheer joy from start to finish, a top-notch realisation of one of the composer's lesser-known masterpieces. —
