Miraculous Makropulos Case debuts in Asia

Von Carla Escoda, 27 Februar 2017

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“they could have straight come out of Hollywood central casting”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong, am 25 Februar 2017

Janáček, Die Sache Makropulos (Věc Makropulos)

Janáček Opera NTB

Marko Ivanović, Musikalische Leitung

David Radok, Regie

Ondřej Nekvasil, Bühnenbild

Zuzana Jezková, Kostüme

Annalena Persson, Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos

Aleš Briscein, Albert Gregor

František Ďuriač, Dr. Kolenatý

Petr Levíček, Vítek

Eva Štěrbová, Kristina

Svatopluk Sem, Baron Jaroslav Prus

Petr Račko, Janek

Josef Škrobánek, Graf Hauk-Schendorf

Jana Hrochová, Kammerzofe

Jiří Klecker, Bühnentechniker

Jitka Zerhauová, Putzfrau

Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

Janáček Opera NTB Chorus

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Miraculous Makropulos Case debuts in Asia at the Hong Kong Arts Festival