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The authoritative German magazine Opernwelt has released its Jahrbuch 2020. After questioning 50 independent and internationally renowned critics, it takes stock of the past opera season. After awards in 2004, 2010, and 2015, Marlis Petersen,currently performing at La Monnaie in Die tote Stadt, has been proclaimed ‘Sängerin des Jahres’ for the fourth time. Nobody can imitate the German soprano.
Marlis Petersen received her nomination for her “method acting-inspired interpretation of Korngold’s Marietta (and Marie) at the Bavarian State Opera Munich, in addition to that of Salome (Strauss) at the Theater an der Wien. In both cases, the soprano has created role portraits that fascinate by their layering and their existential weight; in short, by an authenticity that almost makes the viewer forget that they are fictional characters.”
Marlis Petersen has been our guest several times since her La Monnaie debut in 2006 as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart). She performed Aphrodite in Henze’s Phaedra (2007), made her debut there as Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots (2011), and sang Leonore in a concert version of Beethoven’s only opera in 2017.
The La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra at the ‘Festival International de Colmar’
From July 5 to 7, the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra will perform three concerts at the ‘Festival International de Colmar’, a prestigious music festival under the artistic direction of Alain Altinoglu.
The music world is in mourning. On Sunday 16 June, the Belgian soprano Jodie Devos, one the greatest opera talents of her generation, passed away from breast cancer at the age of 35.
Nominations for the 2024 International Opera Awards are now open
Which productions, artists, recordings and special projects coloured the past opera season for you? Draw your list of favourites and reward them with a nomination for the International Opera Awards 2024!