September 2020
N Petrinsky with Ulrich Tukur and the Rhythmus Boys,
Berlin
September-November 2020
Osud
Janaček Festival Bruenn
Director: Robert Carsen
February/March
Theater an der Wien
The fiery angel
Director: Andrea Breth
April 2021
Opera de Monte-Carlo
Boris Godunov
June/July 2021
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Il ritorno d'Ulisse
Director: Robert Carsen
August/September 2021
Grand Theatre Geneve
War and Peace
Director: Calixto Bieto
November/December 2021
La Monnaie, Bruxelles
Lulu
Director: Krzystov Warlikowski
December 2021
Opera Brno
Osud
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Natascha Petrinsky is a veritable Wonder Woman as the warrior queen, a role that demands Valkyrian vocal heft. The tessitura is split between extremes: the mezzo hunkers down around her throaty low A to belt out orders, leaping to brassy top notes as she advances into the fray. Petrinsky affectingly bares her character’s vulnerable side after Achilles abandons Penthesilea, delivering a Monteverdian lament in keening phrases that disintegrate into stuttering and hyperventilation.
Operanews New York, May 2020
on CD release Penthesilea by P.Dusapin
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