Review: Götterdämmerung (Opera Australia)
A six-star finale to Chen Shi-Zheng’s five-star Ring Cycle sticks to the script and proves all the world loves a good bedtime story.
A Prague-trained scenographer, Jansson J. Antmann designed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tell Me On a Sunday in Sydney and the Czech Republic. A regular guest on ABC Overnights and Editor of LaVie in Europe, he was the publicist at Darlinghurst Theatre Company and acting Deputy Editor at Limelight, where he is a regular contributor.
A six-star finale to Chen Shi-Zheng’s five-star Ring Cycle sticks to the script and proves all the world loves a good bedtime story.
The third opera in Wagner’s tetralogy throws up plenty of challenges, but Chen Shi-Zheng tackles them boldly and triumphs.
Chen Shi-Zheng’s meticulous staging of the second opera in Wagner's tetralogy proves his Ring Cycle is one for the ages.
Chen Shi-Zheng’s finely crafted Ring Cycle heralds a return to Neue Bayreuth, but with a human touch.
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