Prince Igor

"Versionen på The Met står musikalsk ... fasttømret og stilistisk logisk. Den er en bedrift. Scenisk er den også langt fra de gammeldags billeder, som vi så og endda vist nød i forrige århundrede ... Den næsten rent russiske sangerbesætning med den pragtfulde baryton Ildar Abdrazakov som Igor i spidsen er helt igennem overbevisende".

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"The result is attractive and gripping because the production knows what it wants to see (personal psychodrama than Kismet-style pseudo-orientalism) ... Both Ildar Abdrazakov ... and Oksana Dyka inhabit these roles with vocal agility and, in their acting, a refreshing lack of the old-fashioned hamminess that used to pass for charisma in 19th-century Russian opera ... Strongly recommended".

"Eventually, though, Tcherniakov's version won me round ... Dramatically strongest are the Act II ... Mikhail Petrenko as Igor's rotten brother-in-law gives the most rounded performance, while Gianandrea Noseda brings out all Rimsky's woodwind colours, and the reordering of scenes here makes dramatic sense".

Vurdering (performance): 4/5.

Vurdeing (picture & sound): 4/5.

"Dem feisinnigen Dirigenten Gianandrea Noseda gelingt es kaum, diesen unstrukturierten Materialhaufen zu ordnen ... Die Sänger ... erleben alle Achtungserfolge, mitgerissen wird man von ihnen nicht".