A devastating War Requiem in Oslo

Von Aksel Tollåli, 13 September 2016

Laden, bitte warten...

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“crazed, almost prophetic, spiritual clarity, like an infanticidal Cassandra”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo, am 10 September 2016

Britten, War Requiem, Op.66

Norwegian National Opera

Lothar Koenigs, Musikalische Leitung

Calixto Bieito, Regie

Susanne Gschwender, Bühnenbild

Ingo Krügler, Kostüme

Evan LeRoy Johnson, Tenor

Natalia Tanasii, Sopran

Johannes Kammler, Bariton

Norwegian National Opera Chorus

Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.

Frighteningly intense: Calixto Bieito directs a devastating War Requiem in Oslo