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Baroque confectionery with a serious core: Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin

Belshazzar
© Jan Windszus
Belshazzar
© Jan Windszus
Belshazzar
© Jan Windszus
Belshazzar
© Jan Windszus
Belshazzar
© Jan Windszus
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“a society intoxicated by its own image, blind to impending collapse”
Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 28 March 2026
Handel, Belshazzar
George Petrou, Conductor
Herbert Fritsch, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Olaf Freese, Lighting Designer
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin
Agustín Gómez, Belshazzar
Soraya Mafi, Nitocris
Susan Zarrabi, Cyrus
Ray Chenez, Daniel
Philipp Meierhöfer, Gobrias
Vocalconsort Berlin
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