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Scant Sodom, no Gomorrah, but a riveting Moses und Aron

Von Simon Rees, 27 Mai 2014
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“Tomlinson played Moses in a way that resembled the older Brahms – the man, not the music”
Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 24 Mai 2014
Programm
Schönberg, Moses und Aron
Darsteller
Welsh National Opera
Lothar Koenigs, Musikalische Leitung
Jossi Wieler, Regie
Anna Viebrock, Bühnenbild
Elizabeth Atherton, First Naked Virgin, Young Maiden
Rainer Trost, Aron
Mark Le Brocq, Aron
Alexander Sprague, Young Man
Daniel Grice, Another Man, Ephraimite
Sir John Tomlinson, Moses
David Soar, Priest
Sergio Morabito, Regie
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Alexander SpragueAnna ViebrockArnold SchönbergDaniel GriceDavid SoarElizabeth AthertonJossi WielerLothar KoenigsMark Le BrocqMoses und AronRainer TrostSergio MorabitoSir John TomlinsonWelsh National OperaWelsh National Opera ChorusWelsh National Opera Orchestra
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Simon Rees
Simon Rees
Simon Rees writes programme articles and surtitles for most British opera companies, and reviews for Opera, Opera Now, Musical Opinion, Early Music Today and a wide range of other publications. A novelist, poet and librettist, from 1989 to 2012 he was dramaturg at Welsh National Opera. He lives in Cardiff.