Opera

Opera, 01. September 1995
Le pricipal a tout du spectacle reste la direction d´Hartmut Haenchen, aussi attentive aux détails que parfaitement structurée sur la longeur. L´orchestre lui répond avec une superbe virtuosié, mieux d´ailleurs avec certains éléments d´un plateuau hétérogène.
Opera, 01. September 1995
The second act was brightened by Hartmut Haenchen's perfect pacing, the noble, if somewhat undifferentiated singing of Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Sachs) and that astonishing artist Dale Duesing's riotously funny Beckmesser. (...) Haenchen began the final act with a gravity that evoked Montserrat more than Nuremberg, but he shaped the subsequent music with such depth and sweep that for once Sach's final adress did not seem pompous or nationalistic, but really touched by the heart.

Michael Davidson