Maria Bengtsson
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New. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Thomas Blondelle, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles
It's difficult to account for the comedy's neglect. Done as well as it is here, with the entire cast entering into the spirit of the material, it simply lifts into the air. —
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Coming soon. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Andrè Schuen (Don Giovanni), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello), Miah Persson (Donna Elvira), Maria Bengtsson (Donna Anna), Bernard Richter (Don Ottavio), Samantha Gaul (Zerlina), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Glanert: Oceane
Maria Bengtsson, Stephen Bronk, Doris Soffel, Albert Pesendorfer, Nicole Haslett, Nikolai Schukoff, Christoph Pohl, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles
Glanert’s music renders the action with captivating vividness. The opera is fabulously populated...And the fit of voices to roles is clearly evident. Maria Bengtsson’s exquisite vocal qualities—crystalline... —
Awards:
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Opera, June 2020
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Composer of the Year
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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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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2, 'Lobgesang'
Kammerakademie Potsdam, NDR Chor, Pavol Breslik (tenor), Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Johanna Winkel (soprano)
Antonello Manacorda
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Bengtsson is an experienced soprano with many major Strauss roles on her CV, and here she brings plenty of creamy tone and vocal security to a satisfying selection of the composer’s songs…Barnstorming... —
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Beethoven: Egmont Incidental Music, Op. 84
Tobias Moretti (speaker) & Maria Bengtsson (soprano)
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Bertrand de Billy
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Bertrand de Billy conducts Beethoven & Cherubini
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Bertrand de Billy
the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra make a more full-bodied corporate sound than the period-instrument bands who would more commonly play this music nowadays, rounded out by recorded sound that is,... —
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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. —
