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Tuesday evening season at the Romanian Athenaeum
On 16th October, at the Small
Room of the Romanian Athenaeum, the Tuesday series of chamber concerts held by The
George Enescu Philharmonic brought on stage two major representatives from the Brașov
School of Singing: the soprano Krisztina
Kripko and the mezzo-soprano Emilia Calefariu. During the second concert of the
season 2012- 2013, they performed along with the pianist Sena Ducariu, co-répétiteur master at the Brașov Opera. The
exceptional pianist balanced out the two pleasant soloists whose youth and
stage fright caused a mixture between vocal qualities and their clumsy
performances.
The soprano Krisztina Kripko boasts an
interesting activity in the field of lied and chamber music. She performed in
Brașov, Sibiu, Sighișoara and on the stage of Thalia Theater in Budapest. The
mezzo-soprano Emilia Calefariu excels in the Repertoire of Mozart and Bel
Canto. She also performed in Brașov and she has recently held concerts in Southern
Italy, for instance in Napoli and Terni.
We enjoyed
a very well-structured performance: one could revel in the zarzuela interpretation
of Mozart, in the usage of lied or in the rendering of Romanian music. I reckon
that the errors of technique and intonation made by the two young artists are
simply the outcome of stage fright and apprenticeship. There was a shortage of
artistic message; both the soprano Krisztina Kripko as well as the
mezzo-soprano Emilia Calefariu focussed rather on the correct interpretation of
the chosen repertoire which, in the end, outlined that they were out of their
depth. The vocal qualities of the two cannot be open to dispute; yet, we
strongly hope they will be polished.
Translated by Sorina Cimpoeru
MTTLC, Bucharest University