‘Doppelganger’ Review: A Soldier Confronts His Mortality Posted by By Anastasia Tsioulcas September 24, 2023Posted inClassical Music, Deutsch, Helmut, Doppelganger (Musical Work), Guth, Claus, Kaufmann, Jonas, Music, Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY), Schubert, Franz At the Park Avenue Armory, an imaginative and viscerally shocking staging of Schubert songs from the director Claus Guth and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
Jonas Kaufmann and Friends Take On Schubert at the Armory Posted by By Joshua Barone September 20, 2023Posted inAudi, Pierre, Classical Music, Doppelganger (Musical Work), Guth, Claus, Kaufmann, Jonas, Levine, Michael, Music, Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY), Schubert, Franz The tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in “Doppelganger,” a staging of “Schwanengesang” by Claus Guth, making his New York debut.
Park Avenue Armory Season Spotlights Homelessness and Medical Ethics Posted by By Sarah Bahr November 15, 2022Posted inAlmeida Theater (London, England), Arca (1990- ), Bausch, Pina, Bullock, Julia, Classical Music, Clayton, Allan, Culture (Arts), Guth, Claus, Icke, Robert (1986- ), Kaufmann, Jonas, Music, Opera, Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY), Stevenson, Juliet, Stravinsky, Igor, The Rite of Spring (Dance), Theater, Zeldin, Alexander Highlights include Robert Icke’s moral thriller “The Doctor” and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann in a staging of Franz Schubert’s final songs.
At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution Posted by By Zachary Woolfe August 14, 2022Posted inBarenboim, Daniel, Bartoli, Cecilia, Castellucci, Romeo, Classical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, Kat'a Kabanova (Opera), Kaufmann, Jonas, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Lang Lang, Music, Nelsons, Andris, Neshat, Shirin, Opera, Salzburg (Austria), Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic Classical music’s pre-eminent annual event had more revivals than usual, but also a breathless new staging of Janacek’s “Kat’a Kabanova.”
At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution Posted by By Zachary Woolfe August 14, 2022Posted inBarenboim, Daniel, Bartoli, Cecilia, Castellucci, Romeo, Classical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, Kat'a Kabanova (Opera), Kaufmann, Jonas, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Lang Lang, Music, Nelsons, Andris, Neshat, Shirin, Opera, Salzburg (Austria), Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic Classical music’s pre-eminent annual event had more revivals than usual, but also a breathless new staging of Janacek’s “Kat’a Kabanova.”