Fotos: Anders Bach & Rifail Ajdarpasic
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“Like a dream on the wings of a fairy tale, the forgotten Danish opera has now been resurrected. (...)“ Politiken
“Rifail Ajdarpasic's beautiful scenography, which first imagines a small, white room in a Biedermeier interior, opens up to a large, beautiful room in a castle with high panels and a marble fireplace, where nature enters as a visible reference to Andersen's nature-romantic universe... and together with Anders Poll's lighting, it is an example of true theater magic that would have thrilled Andersen as well. (...)“ Operamagasinet Ascolta
“The scenography is razor-sharp, and it expands elegantly in step with the story, the costumes are beautiful and well-executed, the soloists and not least the choir of the Jyske Opera sing particularly well, and the Danish lyrics combined with the uncomplicated music make this in its own way an obvious opera for beginners. (...)“ Fyens Stiftstidende
“(...) according to Philipp Kochheim, Hartmann's artistic achievement in this work contains "some of the most beautiful, masterfully orchestrated and charmingly melodic music ever written on Danish soil". These are undeniably big words, but as the Odense Symphony Orchestra interpreted it under Christopher Lichtenstein's well-laid musical direction, one is inclined to give Kochheim the right in this blue stamp of the work's level. The audience was at least on board, the applause was overwhelming, and in that sense "Ravnen" can fly on to the Musikhuset in Aarhus with a proud flap of its wings. (...)“ Kristelig Dagblad
“It is certainly a magnificent experience to see Den Jutland Opera's staging of H.C. Andersen and J.P.E. Hartmann's Raven. I will especially remember the beautiful scenography, the elegant
choreography, the well-played and overwhelming music as well as the powerful choir, all of which help to convey the slightly moving and at the same time slightly odd story about H.C. Andersen's Armilla. (...)“ Ungtteaterblod.dk
“(...) And the end. Wow. I had really high expectations for it, and yet it surpassed my imagination - just as reality ends up surpassing Armilla's. Because even though the libretto ended as I
expected, the execution was so fantastic that it still surprised me and excited me enormously. (...)“ Den 4. Væg
“You really get your eyes peeled for scenographer Rifail Ajdarpasic's wonderful visions, exciting from Hammershøi to 1001 nights and carried by the constant high tide in J. P. E.
Hartmann's music - and saved from H. C. Andersen's rickety libretto by the director Philipp Kochheim, outgoing director of the Jutland Opera. (...)“ Weekendavisen
“How he [H.C. Andersen] would have loved the well-singing Jyske Opera Choir, and how he would have enjoyed Sønderjylland's Symphony Orchestra... Finally, he would have loved
the fantastically beautiful scenery and the imaginative costumes of the evening. He would have been amazed at what can be done today with means of light and sound. (...)“ Jydske Vestkysten
“Set designer Rifail Ajdarpasic has done a very good job, and the transformation of Armilla's room into a party room and civic home in beautiful Hammershøi style is amazingly imperceptible
and elevates the visual experience. In fact, the scenography is more beautiful and more functional than many of the Royal Theatre's own productions at the moment – well done by a traveling performance. (...)“ klassik.org
“Das Bühnenbild von Rifail Ajdarpasic erinnert bewusst an die melancholisch wirkenden Gemälde leerer Wohnungen des dänischen Malers Vilhelm Hammershøi. Zu Beginn der Oper
ist Armillas kleines, enges weiß und karg eingerichtetes Zimmer zu sehen, welches ebenfalls am Ende, quasi im Epilog, wieder zu sehen ist. Die eigentliche märchenhafte Geschichte spielt zwischen diesen Szenen in
einem weit größeren, über die gesamte Bühnenbreite reichenden und fantasievoll ausgestatteten Raum ab. Überhaupt entzückt die detaillierte und phantasiereiche Inszenierung Philip Kochheims trotz
der sprachlichen Barriere (Dialoge und Gesang in dänischer Sprache, dazu dänische Übertitel für den Gesang) ungemein. Auch das immer noch leicht angestaubt wirkende Sujet dieses Opernmärchens für
Erwachsene mit seinen Meeresnymphen und Vampiren erfreut das Publikum auf herzerfrischende Weise. Die liebevoll gestalteten Kostüme von Ariane Isabell Unfried und die hervorragende Lichtregie von Anders Poll tragen das
ihrige dazu bei. (...)“ Der Opernfreund