Asmik Grigorian stuns Salzburg Festival with Salome performanceAugust 18, 2018 - 16:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Romeo Castelluci’s new production of "Salome" opened the Salzburg Festival last month. Asmik Grigorian -a Lithuanian operatic soprano of Armenian descent -who made her Salzburg debut last year as Marie in Berg’s Wozzeck, returned to make her debut in the title role. Her portrayal of Strauss’ heroine has been met with unanimous praise from critics across the world, Askonas Holt reports. “Hers is a Salome to end all Salomes”, writes Shirley Apthorp in the Financial Times, “She stands, a slight figure in a white dress, alone on the vast, empty stage, and the entire audience breathes with her.” Shirley Apthorp, Financial Times, 30 July 2018. “You become witness to one of those very rare, and high-risk, moments, in which a singer totally merges with her role, surrenders to self-abandonment and still retains control.” Manuel Brug, Welt.de, 30 July 2018 (translated). “Asmik Grigorian must have appeared to Richard Strauss in his dreams when he once designed his world-wide success. The Lithuanian,(…) is especially ideal as Salome. Fragility, unconditionality, a harsh, borderline beauty … a sheer superhuman will of creativity – all that conveyed through her singing and acting.” Markus Thiel, Merkur, 30 July 2018 (translated). “Central to the success of this production is the astonishing Salome of Asmik Grigorian. The Lithuanian soprano captivates the audience as much as she captivates Herod. (…) Grigorian’s soprano is bright, rippled with steel and it slices tirelessly through a rampant Vienna Philharmonic.” Mark Pullinger, bachtrack, 10 August 2018. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |