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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Pontius Pilate in |
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Notable is the exalting presence of two characters of comedy: the inn keeper Pontius Pilate (!) in a very lively and clownesque rendition by Andreas Jaeggi and the sexy Dorella of the soprano Hanne Roos, a fiery redhead with her curves enhanced in a tight pink rhinestone gown. |
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A noter, la présence jubilatoire de deux personnages de comédie : l'aubergiste Ponce Pilate (!) campé par un Andreas Jaeggi clownesque et la Dorella sexy de la soprano Hanne Roos, rousse incendiaire aux courbes soulignées par une robe fourreau en strass roses. |
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Bemerkenswert ist die begeisternde Gegenwart von zwei kommoediantischen Partien: der Wirt Pontius Pilatus (!) aeusserst lebhaft verkoerpert durch einen clownesken Andreas Jaeggi und die sexy Dorella der Sopranistin Hanne Roos, eine zuendende Rothaarige mit von einer engen rosa Strassrobe hervorgehobenen Kurven. |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Count Hauk-Sendorf in |
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... very beautiful performance by Andreas Jaeggi, in the role of the old man who once was in love with one of the previous incarnations of the main character. |
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... très belle performance d'Andreas Jaeggi, dans le rôle du vieillard qui fut naguère amoureux de l'un des avatars précédents du personnage principal. |
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... ausgezeichnete Interpretation von Andreas Jaeggi in der Rolle des Greises, der frueher in eine der Reinkarnationen der Hauptdarstellerin verliebt gewesen ist. |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Mime in |
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Andreas Jaeggi offered up for the role of Mime his forceful steel like tenor voice in a playful but precise characterization, both actingwise and vocally. |
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Dans le rôle de Mime, Andreas Jaeggi et sa voix de ténor pleine de force rayonnante nous ont offert une charactérisation enjouée, mais précise, tant du point de vue de l'interprétation que de la performance vocale. |
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Andreas Jaeggi bot als Mime mit strahlkraeftigem Tenor eine verspielte, aber genaue Charakterisierung, darstellerisch wie stimmlich. |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Skuratov in |
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In this opera without any main roles, where the prisonners' stories succeed each other on a practically equal level, one will take note of the beautiful clearness of enunciation as well as of the highly individualized voice timbres, especially in Andreas Jaeggi's Skuratov. |
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Dans cet ouvrage sans rôle principal, où les récits de bagnards se succèdent à niveau quasiment égal, on notera chez tous une belle clarté d'énonciation et des timbres bien individualisés, notemment chez le Skouratov d'Andreas Jaeggi. |
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In diesem Werk ohne Hauptrollen, wo sich die Geschichten der Gefangenen von beinahe gleicher Laenge folgen, ist bei allen die schoene Klarheit der Aussprache auffallend, ebenso wie ein jeweils sehr individueller Stimmklang, insbesonders beim Skuratov von Andreas Jaeggi. |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Hauk-Sendorf in |
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Andreas Jaeggi offers us a priceless interpretation of the Count, being as agedly ripe in his delightful caricature as he is juvenile in his vocal clarity. |
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Andreas Jaeggi propose un impayable Comte, aussi vieillard dans sa réjouissante caricature que juvénile dans sa claire vocalité. |
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Andreas Jaeggi gibt einen unbezahlbaren Grafen, ebenso greisenhaft in seiner ergoetzlichen Karikatur wie jugendlich in seinem klaren Stimmklang. |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Hauk-Sendorf in |
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All participants on stage have accomplished real team work of rare homogeneity, thanks to the meticulous direction of their exteremely mature acting abilities ... Andreas Jaeggi in his role as the fantastical Hauk-Sendorf creates a little gem of characterisation and humour. |
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Die Buehnendarsteller haben es geschafft, dank der sehr ausgereiften schauspielerischen Arbeit echtes Teamwork von seltenster Homogenitaet zu zeigen ... Andreas Jaeggi macht aus der wunderlichen Rolle des Hauk-Sendorf ein kleines Juwel an Charakterisierung und Humor. |
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The composer's musical language couldn't be any more abrupt, a fact which is best served by Andreas Jaeggi's rendition of Hauk-Sendorf with his loudly trumpeting craziness. |
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Die musikalische Gesangssprache koennte abrupter nicht sein, was am besten von Andreas Jaeggi realisiert wird, als Hauk-Sendorf in heraustrompetender Verruecktheit. |
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Of gruesome-comical effect: the character tenor Andreas Jaeggi in two grotesque appearances as the ghastly, chuckling, old lecher Hauk-Sendorf – an ex-diplomat, with whom Emilia has had some hanky-panky in one of her former lives. |
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Von grausig-komischer Wirkung: der Charaktertenor Andreas Jaeggi in den beiden Grotesk-Auftritten als gespenstisch kichernder Lustgreis Hauk-Sendorf – ein Ex-Diplomat, mit dem Emilia in einem ihrer frueheren Leben ein Techtelmechtel hatte. |
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Conductor Friedemann Layer and the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra succeed in creating a musically well-rounded product, mostly thanks to the attractive Cheryl Barker as Emilia Marty, at the head of a solid ensemble (with Martin Barta as Jaroslav Prus, Charles Workman as Albert Gregor and Andreas Jaeggi as Hauk-Sendorf). |
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Musikalisch gelingen Friedemann Layer und dem Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, vor allem aber der attraktiven Cheryl Barker als Emilia Marty, an der Spitze eines soliden Ensembles (mit Martin Barta als Jaroslav Prus, Charles Workman als Albert Gregor und Andreas Jaeggi als Hauk-Sendorf) eine runde Sache. |
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Andreas Jaeggi pleases as the totally potty lover Hauk-Sendorf. |
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Andreas Jaeggi gefaellt als durchgeknallter Liebhaber Hauk-Sendorf. |
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The admirers of The Inhuman One, Martin Barta, Enrico Casari and their stormy Grand Old Master Andreas Jaeggi, have their short but biting appearances. |
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Die Verehrer der Unmenschlichen, Martin Barta, Enrico Casari und ihr ungestuemer Altmeister Andreas Jaeggi, haben ihre kurzen, aber bissigen Auftritte. |
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Frank Villard’s "L'Enfant et la Nuit" |
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There are few experiences as magical as being present at the world premiere of a lyrical work. Operas are not being written every day and if this creation takes place on the shores of Lake Geneva, the beauty of the surrounding landscape before entering the theatre gives the event an exceptional character. Furthermore: the firm impression of witnessing the birth of a masterpiece, which you would love to immediately hear again in order to be able to memorize the musical themes, makes one feel really privileged. You then imagine yourself – having grown old – one candlelit evening, watching "The Child and the Night" together with your grandchildren and proudly declaring: "I was there!" |
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Es existieren wenig Ereignisse von solcher Magie wie dem Beiwohnen einer Opernurauffuehrung. Es werden nicht alle Tage neue Musiktheaterstuecke geschrieben und wenn eine solche Erstauffuehrung an den Ufern des Genfer Sees stattfindet, so erhebt die Schoenheit der Landschaft vor dem Theaterbesuch den Anlass ins Aussergewoehnliche. Mehr noch: wenn man das Gefuehl hat einem Meisterwerk beizuwohnen, welches man sich am liebsten sofort nochmals anhoeren moechte, um die musikalischen Themen zu memorisieren, so kommt dies einem Privileg gleich. Man stellt sich dann vor, wie man – alt geworden – eines Abends bei Kerzenlicht mit den Enkelkindern "L'Enfant et la Nuit" anschaut und ihnen mit grossem Stolz sagen kann: "Ich bin dabei gewesen!" |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Monsieur Schmidt in |
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A Grand "Werther" at the Paris Opera |
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Ein grosser "Werther" an der Pariser Oper |
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"Alain Vernhes is an excellent Bailli, jovial and rough, paternal and … is very melodious, as are Christian Trequier who is a rustic Johann, flanked by his acolyte Schmidt, in a tactfully camp rendition by Andreas Jaeggi." |
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"Alain Vernhes ist ein exzellenter Bailli, jovial und ruppig, vaeterlich und … wohlklingend, genau wie Christian Treguiers rustikaler Johann, dem ein Helfershelfer Schmidt zur Seite steht, der von Andreas Jaeggi taktvoll affektiert dargestellt wird." |
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"A good 'couple' Johann-Schmidt, with Christian Treguier very resounding and magnificently pronouncing the text as Johann, Andreas Jaeggi slightly overplaying his Schmidt, a little bit clownesque, a tad camp, but oh so very much alive." |
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"Ein gutes 'Paar' Johann-Schmidt, mit einem sehr wohlklingenden Christian Treguier, der seinen Text als Johann wunderbar ausspricht, und Andreas Jaeggi, seinen Schmidt leicht uebertreibend, ein bisschen clownesk, eine Spur tuntig, aber oh wie unglaublich lebendig." |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as the Police Inspector, the Postman and the Clerk in |
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"This was the most distinguished opera performance yet of the season: superbly conducted, strongly and sensitively cast, very beautifully played, excellently sung and enacted in a 'concert staging' by Kenneth Richardson with skillful lighting and the simplest of moves to suggest the scenes and the deam-action without excrescences, interventions or contradictions. Opera at its best ... Not the least reward of the remarkable show was the increasingly rare pleasure of attending an opera at which everyone's words were clear and telling ... Neither of them [William Burden and Magdalena Kozena] was scorebound – dramatic death in concert performances. Nor was anyone else. In the numerous, doubled or trebled small roles, Andreas Jaeggi was outstanding for his clear words ... Balance in the clear Barbican acoustics was ideal. A great evening." |
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I was hardly expecting to find singers of the calibre of Roderick Williams - probably our best kept secret, a truly first-rate baritone, gorgeous voice, lovely personality, fine actor - and Rosalind Plowright in smaller roles or discovering quite so late in his career - twenty-plus years already - that the Swiss have produced another Hugues Cuenod in the shape of Andreas Jaeggi, a powerful character tenor with the sort of Mime-type voice that would blow most current Siegfrieds off the stage, and who had an absolute field-day as the Police Inspector, the Postman (who doesn't remember having been the Police Inspector) and the Clerk in the Ministry of Dreams. |
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Great character roles from a large cast including Jean Rigby and Rosalind Plowright, Roderick Williams and (outstanding) Andreas Jaeggi. |
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Bravissimo! Andreas, you were stunning on Friday night! Bravo! Thank you so much: I was so pleased that I could attend what was certainly a highlight of the London concert scene. The audience's reaction around me was terrific and everybody clearly enjoyed themselves. |
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There were vivid characterisations from the likes of Rosalind Plowright (Bird-Seller and Fortune-Teller), Jean Rigby (Fish-Seller and Grandmother) and Roderick Williams (Man in the Window, Memory-Seller, etc.). In particular, Swiss tenor Andreas Jaeggi played his roles of Inspector and Dream Clerk to the utmost. |
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Thank you for the memories ... Other roles were excellently taken by Roderick Williams, Rosalind Plowright and Andreas Jaeggi. |
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Credit must go to the small cast of performers some playing multiple roles in the opera. In opera there’s a judgement to be made on acting as well as singing ability and in this performance it was very difficult to find fault with either in anyone’s contribution. Aside from the glossy perfection of Magdalene Kozena’s Juliette and William Burden’s effortless Michel, Andreas Jaeggi’s postman, clerk and police chief were hugely entertaining. |
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There were colourful contributions from Roderick Williams, Rosalind Plowright, Jean Rigby and especially Andreas Jaeggi, playing a succession of hilariously pedantic minor officials. |
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A strong supporting cast created a procession of vivid cameos, including Roderick Williams's Memory Seller and Andreas Jaeggi's harassed Clerk in the Central Office of Dreams. The two leads had more trouble making light of things … |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as Goro in |
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The Tenor Andreas Jaeggi confidently assumes the difficult role of Goro with his powerful voice. |
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Der Tenor Andreas Jaeggi ueberzeugt mit seiner kraftvollen Stimme in der schwierigen Partie des Goro. |
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And rather than Massimiliano Pisapia's lackluster Pinkerton, one will prefer to remember Cornelia Oncioiu's beautiful Suzuki and the excellent Goro with the warm voice of Andreas Jaeggi. |
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Eher als an den glanzlosen Pinkerton von Massimiliano Pisapia wird man sich an Cornelia Oncioius schoene Suzuki erinnern wollen und an den hervorragenden Goro mit der warmen Stimme von Andreas Jaeggi. |
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... The voice of Franck Ferrari blends into the orchestra sound rather than detaching itself from it, whereas in opposition, Andreas Jaeggi gives to Goro a presence one has never ever seen or heard before. |
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... Die Stimme von Franck Ferrari vermischt sich eher mit dem Orchesterklang als dass sie sich davon abhebt, im Gegensatz dazu gibt Andreas Jaeggi der Rolle des Goro eine noch nie gesehene und gehoerte Praesenz. |
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... Cornelia Oncioiu (Suzuki) and Michael Druiett (Sharpless) are of a good level. Not more. One final word on the subject would be to underline Andreas Jaeggi's excellent Goro. We do hope that this production will be revived again and again, it is one of the showpieces in the repertory of our country's first national stage. |
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... Cornelia Cornelia Oncioiu (Suzuki) und Michael Druiett (Sharpless) sind von gutem Niveau. Nicht mehr. Ein Wort noch um Andreas Jaeggis exzellenten Goro hervorzuheben. Wir wuenschen uns, dass diese Produktion wieder und wieder aufgenommen wird, sie ist eine der Prunkstuecke des Repertoires der ersten Buehne unseres Landes. |
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Reviews for Andreas Jaeggi as La Diva in |
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Pierre Vavasseur: "... All the actors and singers are stunning. There was an avalanche of applause for the tenor Andreas Jaeggi, who – as La Diva – delivers an unforgettable potpourri of grand opera arias. Hurry, hurry, you have only four days left to discover this hidden jewel." |
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Pierre Vavasseur: " ... Alle Schauspieler und Saenger sind hinreissend. Es gab eine Lawine von Applaus fuer den Tenor Andreas Jaeggi, der – als Diva – ein unvergessliches Potpourri von grossen Opernarien liefert. Schnell, schnell, beeilen Sie sich, Sie haben nur noch vier Tage, dieses versteckte Juwel zu entdecken." |
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Sophie de Segur: "I found the production sensational, so amusing, full of life, rythmical, intelligent, original! Ah really, Alain and all of you are formidable. You, Andreas, have stunned and moved me tremendously. An awful lot of talent, audacity and professional experience are needed to play so close to the edge (that fine line between acting and being) and always remain true, touching, never ridiculous, infinitely musical and noble. A big, big bravo and an immense Thank You." |
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Sophie de Segur: "Ich fand die Produktion sensationell, so amuesant, lebensvoll, rhythmisch, intelligent, originell! Ah wirklich, Alain und Ihr alle seid unglaublich toll. Du, Andreas, hast mich total verbluefft und sehr geruehrt. Es braucht viel Talent, Mumm und Koennen, um so weit gehen zu koennen und dabei immer wahrhaftig, bewegend, unendlich musikalisch und wuerdevoll zu bleiben, jedoch niemals laecherlich. Ein grosses Bravo und ein gigantisches Dankeschoen." |
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