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Three Evenings at the Teatro Real
Robert Carsen’s production premiered at the Cologne Opera House a long time ago and is timeless. You can’t tell it’s almost twenty years old. Geometry, light, sparse spatial design and at the end an empty stage that leaves the necessary space for Siegfried (Andreas Schager) and Brünnhilde (Ricarda Merbeth). Without doubt the musical highlight of the evening, this Act 3 Siegfried. And yet, up here to the side, directly under the roof of the house, the radiant voices of Ricarda Merbeth and Andreas Schager can be heard in all clarity. Textually self-evident. This duet, Brünnhilde – Siegfried, resonates long after leaving the opera house.
