Birmingham Opera Company - Mittwoch aus Licht Reviews
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Mittwoch aus Licht

Birmingham Opera Company


No. of reviews: 12

A hit-and-miss affair
7 Sep 12 / Telegraph
Mittwoch as a whole isn’t a whole, it’s a hotchpotch
29 Aug 12 / Independent
Stockhausen's 'Mittwoch' by Birmingham Opera Company is otherworldly
28 Aug 12 / Los Angeles Times
What a whirl!
26 Aug 12 / Independent on Sunday
It was a technological triumph but not a musical one
26 Aug 12 / The Observer
Cue the helicopter quartet
25 Aug 12 / Financial Times
This production will linger long in the memory
25 Aug 12 / Classical Source
String quartets in helicopters and passages of dazzling virtuosity make this a dazzling show
24 Aug 12 / Telegraph
Helicopters disappoint in an otherwise thrilling Stockhausen world premiere
24 Aug 12 / The Arts Desk
Fliegende Streicher und ekstatische Gesten
24 Aug 12 / Deutschland Radio
A wildly ambitious project
24 Aug 12 / The Stage
Vick's staging is a triumph of logistics
23 Aug 12 / The Guardian
Stockhausen’s Mittwoch Aus Licht:Opera with real altitude
It has musicians in helicopters and in mid-air, seagull noises and a camel. Neil McCormick looks forward to Stockhausen's Mittwoch Aus Licht in Birmingham.
The last unperformed Stockhausen opera lifts off
The strings play in helicopters, the trumpeter's on a trapeze, and a camel dances around while defecating planets. Alexis Petridis on Birmingham Opera Company's bid to stage a mind-boggling Stockhausen opera.
Production details
Cast
Singer details not available
(c) Pasveer (d) Vick
Performance dates
22, 23, 24, 25 August 2012
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