Rainelle Krause's Queen of the Night looked deliberately old and unattractive, yet she displayed immense physical strength delivering the much anticipated “Der Hölle Rache” from a wheelchair. Her menace and immense power when calling upon the gods of vengeance, almost as if her life depended on it, was amazing.
Ihm gegenüber stehen die sanften und einfühlsamen Töne Pinkhasovichs. Besonders in der Arie des Fürsten Jelitzki schweben seine Töne förmlich durch das weite Rund der Philharmonie.