Die Frau ohne Schatten in Leipzig

Por Mark Pullinger, 14 junio 2014

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“Doris Soffel’s Nurse is a sinister combination between female Mephistopheles and Fanny Craddock”

Crítica hecha desde Oper Leipzig, Leipzig el 12 junio 2014

Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten

Oper Leipzig

Ulf Schirmer, Dirección

Balázs Kovalik, Dirección de escena

Sebastian Ellrich, Diseño de vestuario

Heike Scheele, Diseño de escena

Burkhard Fritz, Emperor

Simone Schneider, Empress

Doris Soffel, Nurse

Thomas Johannes Mayer, Barak, the Dyer

Jennifer Wilson, Barak the Dyer's Wife

Tuomas Pursio, The Messenger of Keikobad

Olena Tokar, The Voice of a Falcon, The Second Maid

Sandra Janke, A Voice From Above, The Third Maid

Sebastian Fuchsberger, The Apparition of a Youth

Paula Rummel, The First Maid, The Guardian of the Threshold

Dan Karlström, The Hunchback, Barak's Brother

Sejong Chang, The One-Armed Man, Barak’s Brother

Jonathan Michie, The One-Eyed Man, Barak’s Brother

Opernchor Leipzig

Leipzig Opera Children's Chorus

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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