Singing in Munich? Bring the kids

Singing in Munich? Bring the kids

Opera

norman lebrecht

May 21, 2023

Asmik Grigorian and Günther Groissböck are appearing at the Staatsoper in a Rusalka revival.

Joined by their lovely daughters backstage.

photo: Instagram

Comments

  • DG says:
    May 22, 2023 at 3:01 am

    Lovely, and they look just like their respective singer parents.

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  • Guy says:
    May 22, 2023 at 4:33 am

    Günther Groissböck is the best Ochs I have ever seen. Did anyone see him drop an f bomb while being interviewed by Deb Voight during the broadcast? The look on Voight’s face! I can’t find a vid, only the transcript:

    https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/2022-23-season/der-rosenkavalier/transcript/

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    • Jesus is great? says:
      May 22, 2023 at 10:27 am

      Yeah, he was phenomenal in that broadcast. I wasn’t there for the f bomb though! But I remember another funny moment last year in the Turandot broadcast, when Yonghoon Lee started to proselytise during the interview 🙂

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    • Dixie says:
      May 22, 2023 at 4:08 pm

      And just how many different singers have you heard and seen, preferably live as opposed to a cinema/video performance, as Ochs … with or without f bomb?

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    • Dixie says:
      May 28, 2023 at 11:09 pm

      Guy, straight out of the Ochsen mouth: ich wuart’ auf Antwuort as to how many singers you have seen in this role. Just so you know, I added a “u” two times to catch the flavor of the Viennese speech which Ochs uses in this quote. So, Guy, how many different Ochsen have you seen?

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  • John kelly says:
    May 22, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    I confess to being an enormous fan of Ms Grigorian, finding her an immensely compelling singing actress. I was unprepared for what she did in the Madrid Rusalka though – check this out from about 6:15 onward………….
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZh06ma3udA

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