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Wagner Society in NSW Inc
Review- Lisa Gasteen's Isolde - Stuttgart

Shirley Apthorp (Financial Times, London) on July 5 2004 18:45 gave Lisa Gasteen an enthusiastic review:
“Lisa Gasteen's Isolde was of international stature. That she has the volume, stamina and range for the part we have known for years.
”What was new was the way that under Perceval she's grown into her own body, with a new physical confidence and fluidity that spilt into the way she sang.”

Our roving Raven, Camron Dyer, also saw the production recently and sent this short review that endorses Ms Apthorp's enthusiasm: “In last night's performance (22 July 2003) of T&I in Stuttgart. Lisa was magnificent. She gave us the best ever vocally dramatic performance of the role we have ever seen. Even better than her rendition of the role at Covent Garden a couple of years ago. . It was our most exciting performance so far of this trip. The Tristan of Gabriele Sadé was a baritone version. Very sturdy full on performance.”

Lothar Zagrosek (after the Stuttgart Ring Cycle that was recently televised by SBS) conducted the Stuttgart State Opera orchestra and Luk Perceval directed, with Gabriel Sadé as Tristan, Wolfgang Schöne as Kurwenal. Annette Kurz did the sets, Philip Bussmann did the video and Mark Van Denesse did the lighting.

 

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