A superbly entertaining Kiss Me, Kate at the Theater Bonn

Por Cristina Burack, 12 noviembre 2018

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“Martin Duncan's direction and Nick Winston's choreography went far beyond good”

Crítica hecha desde Opernhaus Bonn, Bonn el 10 noviembre 2018

Porter, Kiss me, Kate

Theater Bonn

Daniel Johannes Mayr, Dirección

Martin Duncan, Dirección de escena

Francis O'Connor, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Oliver Arno, Fred Graham / Petruchio

Stefan Viering, Harry Trevor / Baptista

Frank Wöhrmann, Bill Calhoun / Lucentio

Kara Kemeny, Lois Lane / Bianca

Bettina Mönch, Lilli Vanessi / Katharine

Michael Schanze, Gunman 1

Hans-Jürgen Schatz, Gunman 2

Thiago Silveira Fayad, Hortensio

Nico Stank, Gremio

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Cristina Burack

Cristina Burack studied piano and flute for many years, before earning her BM in Voice and Opera performance at Northwestern University, with a strong focus on German Lieder, as well as a BA in History. After continuing her vocal studies in Vienna, she turned her professional focus to communications. She is a freelance journalist who particularly enjoys covering the intersection of music, history and politics.