#markus eiche

I will watch the Finnish national opera’s production of Korngold’s “Die tote Stadt” during the first week of September. I’m very curious what awaits me since I’ve literally heard one aria from this opera, coincidentally from those two people that will lead my first production of it.

Conte:

Hai già vinta la causa! cosa sento! In qual laccio io cadea! Perfidi! io voglio Di tal modo punirvi! a piacer mio La sentenza sarà ... Ma s'ei pagasse L a vecchia pretendente? Pagarla! in qual maniera? ... e poi v'è Antonio Che a un incognito Figaro ricusa Di dare una nipote in matrimonio. Coltivando l'orgoglio Di questo mentecatto ... Tutto giova a un raggiro ... Il colpo è fatto. Vedrò mentr’io sospiro, Felice un servo mio! E un ben, che invan desìo, Ei posseder dovrà? Vedrò per man d'amore Unita a un vil oggetto Chi in me destò un affetto Che per me poi non ha? Ah no, lasciarti in pace Non vo' questo contento! Tu non nascesti, audace! Per dare a me tormento, E forse ancor per ridere Di mia infelicità. Già la speranza sola Delle vendette mie Quest’anima consola E giubilar mi fa.

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We've won our case! What do I hear! I've fallen into a trap! The traitors! I'll punish them so! The sentence Will be at my pleasure ... But supposing He has paid off the claims of the old woman? Paid her? How? ... and then there's Antonio Who'll refuse to give his niece in marriage To a Figaro, of whom nothing is known. If I play on the pride Of that half-wit ... Everything favours my plan ... The dice is cast. Must I see a serf of mine made happy While I am left to sigh, And him possess a treasure Which I desire in vain? Must I see her, Who has roused in me a passion She does not feel for me, United by the hand of rlove to a base stave? Ah no, I will not give you The satisfaction of this contentment! You were not born, bold fellow, To cause me torment And indeed to laugh At my discomfiture. Now only the hope Of taking vengeance Eases my mind And make me rejoice.

Translation via: [x]

The first production photo that I am aware of from the 2018 revival of the Keith Warner production of Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera. From the ROH website; no photographer seems to be credited. The Ring Cycle opens in Covent Garden tonight (September 24, 2018).