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L'ambition confuse de la Salomé bernoise

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 29 January 2015
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“L’apparition étincelante et fougueuse de Herodias permet presque à elle seule de sauver l’ensemble”
Reviewed at Konzert Theatre, Bern on 28 January 2015
Programme
Strauss R., Salome
Performers
Fabrizio Ventura, Conductor
Ric Schachtebeck, Director
Katrin Wittig, Costume Designer
Ludger Engels, Set Designer
Allison Oakes, Salome
Claude Eichenberger, Herodias
John Uhlenhopp, Herodes
Michael Feyfar, Narraboth, 2nd Jew
Aris Argiris, Jochanaan
Sophie Rennert, Herodias' Page
Cloete Andries, 1st Jew
Angel Petkov, 3rd Jew
Andres Del Castillo, 4th Jew
Wolfgang Resch, 2nd Nazarene, Cappadocian
Kai Wegner, 1st Nazarene
Iyad Dwaier, 1st Soldier
Daniel Mauerhofer, 2nd Soldier
Nuno Dias, 5th Jew
Bern Symphony Orchestra
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Elodie Olson-Coons
Elodie Olson-Coons
Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.