Violeta Urmana / Recensioner

Revealed to the Parisian public at the start of the season with a very personal reading of Eugene Onegin 1 at the Palais Garnier, a reading evidenced by a DVD at BelAir Classiques , Dmitri Tcherniakov had no intention of tackling Macbeth so quickly ; he nevertheless accepted Gérard Mortier's proposal and took up the challenge admirably. Here, then, is a totally renewed conception of the work which uses new technology, transposes the drama, its stakes and its characters into an undetermined place and time, with originality and modernity. Author of this sensational staging set to the millimeter, but also suggestive sets and costumes with sober and refined lines, Dmitri Tcherniakov manages to treat the subject and tell a story as if it were a variation that s would move away from its theme, without ever losing sight of it. The eminently “Lynchian” atmosphere that emanates from this achievement with cinematographic sequences, where supernatural elements and nightmarish impressions hover, give this drama all its power and keeps the viewer constantly on the lookout. Dimitris Tiliakos is a Macbeth with meticulous and elegant singing, a worthy heir to Renato Bruson and Leo Nucci, possessed by this role of terrorized, easily influenced and self-destructive assassin. In that of Lady Macbeth, Violeta Urmana , very involved scenically, offers a vocal composition of the very first order. The voice is wide, the timbre fleshy, the bass and the treble respond to the call (only the D flat of the Somnambulism is avoided) and for the first time in ages, the vocalises of the Brindisi are executed with ease, accuracy and pleasure ! Despite his age, Ferruccio Furlanetto is a solid Banco, Stefano Secco a luxury Macduff, while Alfredo Nigro(Malcom) and Yuri Kissin (Medico/Domestico) are prime silhouettes.

Die Darsteller setzen Prokofjews graziösen Buffo-Ton punktgenau in lebendiges Spiel um. Wunderbar werfen sich der geldgierige Don Jerome und der selbstverliebten Fischhändler die Bälle zu. Kraftzentrum ist die Haushälterin, die Duenna. Violeta Urmana spielt diese raffinierte Megäre; mit Haaren auf den Zähnen und großem Herzen zugleich. Im roten Gaze-Kleid kokettierend, hat sie bald den Fischhändler an der Angel.