The Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s permanent conductor Péter Halász interprets this elegant score with the Duisburger Philharmoniker simply marvellously. This has to be experienced!
Péter Halász conducts the Duisburger Philharmoniker with a nuanced sense of dramatic situations. The dialogues are sharpened for their punchlines and during the arias, Halász gives the soloists enough time for the aura of their characters to unfold.
Under the direction of Péter Halász, the Bern Symphony Orchestra plays Puccini’s heartbreaking music richly, with amazing precision and the requisite touch of velvety sophistication. The conductor is likewise an attentive and dependable partner for the singers.
Read morePéter Halász and the orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, which is particularly sensitive to Wagner, provided a balanced, very compact performance.
At the head of the orchestra, Péter Halász ensures a varied and colourful sound. Every detail of the score produces the desired effect; in certain places the music is deliberately brash. Considered theatrically, the whole thing remains just slightly decorative, but from a musical perspective, Die Walküre is a truly significant performance.
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