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We've been huge fans of German barihunk Dominik Köninger ever since he wowed the
judges at the 2011 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song
Competition. We always knew that he could sing, but now with this new video of him as Orpheus in
Komische Oper's controversial Monterverdi Trilogy, we've learned he can dance, too! Check him out singing and dancing in Act 2 and then giving a tour de force shirtless performance in Act 5.
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| Dominik Köninger |
The production is by Barrie Kosky, who took the world by storm with his innovative production of Mozart's
Die Zauberflöte at the Komische Oper, which was recently performed at the Los Angeles Opera and is now headed to the Minnesota Opera. There has seldom been a production where a singer was asked to sing, dance and perform this much and Köninger pulls it off brilliantly. It's evident from these videos why in the last few years he's become one of the most talked about and heralded young singers in the business.
Köninger starred in the marathon musical interpretation of Monteverdi's trilogy by the Uzbek composer Elena Kats-Chernin which was performed in a single day, running from 11a.m. until 11p.m. The trilogy included
Orpheus, Odysseus and
Poppea and feautured 200 artists on stage. The production definitely wasn't for purists as Kat-Chermin integrated
jazz, klezmer, tango, and ragtime into the score.
Dominik Köninger sings a riveting rendition of "Machtvolle Gottheit" from Orpheus:
Köninger can currently be seen at the Komische Opera as Pantalone in Prokofiev's
The Love for Three Oranges, which runs through February 19th. He then returns to his popular potrayal of Papageno in Mozart's
Die Zauberflöte, which he's alternating with Tom Erik Lie through May 4.
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