[歌劇碎念] Youngster comes to rescue.
(沒時間寫中文版, 有興趣的人就加減看吧^^)
Liederabend 09-03-2009
Ruben Drole, bariton
Jens Fuhr, piano
On Sunday everything was still fine. By the time I left the opera house after the performance of Siegfried, the posters were already hanging on the wall announcing Jonas Kaufmann would be singing a very interesting program of Liszt and Strauss. (Btw, Philippe Jordan’s Siegfried was awesome despite of a not-so-heroic Siegfried and a Brünnhilde with a dodgy diction.) But on Monday morning, the website of OZ announced that due to illness, Jonas would not be able to perform at the Lieberabend that night.
To pacify the angry mob….. I mean, the disappointed Jonas fans *g* who came all the way to Zurich, OZ generously offered a free recital with the Swiss baritone Ruben Drole accompanied by Jens Fuhr. IMO, and I’m definitely not the only one, Ruben Drole is one of the most promising singers of the younger generation. With a strong voice, solid technique and a rare charismatic stage presence that can only be born with, not learned in school, it’s not surprising that after his apprenticeship at OZ, he was immediately engaged and given major roles such as Papageno, Guglielmo and Figaro (Barbiere by Paisiello and Nozze). Even in supporting roles (Haly in Italiana at Aix-en-Provence and Argante in Rinaldo at OZ) he is still quite a show stopper.
I have seen Ruben Drole in German and Italian roles, in which he excelled, but not in French repertoire yet. Therefore, the recital on Monday night showed some novelties of Drole’s amazing talent. He mastered the French songs by Bizet, Poulenc and Ravel with exemplary diction and lots of charm and humour. He accentuated beautifully the nuances in the lyrics. If I had to be supercritical and nag about something, I would wish that he would tone it down a little bit and be not so “operatic” with these delicate French songs. But then again, it is also thanks to his nature which oozes drama in everything he sings that made those modern songs of Racine, Fuerter and Wettstein rather enjoyable.
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
La Coccinelle (Poésie de Victor Hugo)
Philippe Racine (*1958)
3 LIEDER pour voix et piano
Sur des Textes de Robert Walser (2001)
Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée (Poèmes de G. Apollinaire)
Poissons d’or ; Images II Nr.3
Peter Wettstein (*1939)
Vier Gesänge (2004) für Bariton und Klavier
nach Texten von Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Histoires Naturelles (Paroles de Jules Renard)
sechzehn aspersüss
– Hommage a Sch –
Strophen von Heinrich Heine
Gesetzt 1998/99
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Liederabend 09-03-2009
Ruben Drole, bariton
Jens Fuhr, piano
On Sunday everything was still fine. By the time I left the opera house after the performance of Siegfried, the posters were already hanging on the wall announcing Jonas Kaufmann would be singing a very interesting program of Liszt and Strauss. (Btw, Philippe Jordan’s Siegfried was awesome despite of a not-so-heroic Siegfried and a Brünnhilde with a dodgy diction.) But on Monday morning, the website of OZ announced that due to illness, Jonas would not be able to perform at the Lieberabend that night.
To pacify the angry mob….. I mean, the disappointed Jonas fans *g* who came all the way to Zurich, OZ generously offered a free recital with the Swiss baritone Ruben Drole accompanied by Jens Fuhr. IMO, and I’m definitely not the only one, Ruben Drole is one of the most promising singers of the younger generation. With a strong voice, solid technique and a rare charismatic stage presence that can only be born with, not learned in school, it’s not surprising that after his apprenticeship at OZ, he was immediately engaged and given major roles such as Papageno, Guglielmo and Figaro (Barbiere by Paisiello and Nozze). Even in supporting roles (Haly in Italiana at Aix-en-Provence and Argante in Rinaldo at OZ) he is still quite a show stopper.
I have seen Ruben Drole in German and Italian roles, in which he excelled, but not in French repertoire yet. Therefore, the recital on Monday night showed some novelties of Drole’s amazing talent. He mastered the French songs by Bizet, Poulenc and Ravel with exemplary diction and lots of charm and humour. He accentuated beautifully the nuances in the lyrics. If I had to be supercritical and nag about something, I would wish that he would tone it down a little bit and be not so “operatic” with these delicate French songs. But then again, it is also thanks to his nature which oozes drama in everything he sings that made those modern songs of Racine, Fuerter and Wettstein rather enjoyable.
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
La Coccinelle (Poésie de Victor Hugo)
Philippe Racine (*1958)
3 LIEDER pour voix et piano
Sur des Textes de Robert Walser (2001)
- I Trug
- II Wie immer
- III Müdigkeit
Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée (Poèmes de G. Apollinaire)
- le dromadaire
- la chèvre du Thibet
- la sauterelle
- le dauphin
- l’écrevisse
- la carpe
Poissons d’or ; Images II Nr.3
Peter Wettstein (*1939)
Vier Gesänge (2004) für Bariton und Klavier
nach Texten von Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- - Der Störfall
- - Fragen an die Kosmologen
- - Ein kleiner Beitrag zur Verminderung
- - Der Ausweg
Histoires Naturelles (Paroles de Jules Renard)
- Le Paon
- Le Grillon
- Le Cygne
- Le Martin-Pêcheur
- La Pintade
sechzehn aspersüss
– Hommage a Sch –
Strophen von Heinrich Heine
Gesetzt 1998/99
Counter Stats
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