Reimann’s murderous Medea at the Staatsoper

Por Chanda VanderHart, 08 abril 2017

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“performing modern coloratura in a way that can only be described as superhuman”

Crítica hecha desde Wiener Staatsoper, Viena el 7 abril 2017

Reimann, Medea

Wiener Staatsoper

Michael Boder, Dirección

Marco Arturo Marelli, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

Dagmar Niefind, Diseño de vestuario

Claudia Barainsky, Medea

Monika Bohinec, Gora

Stephanie Houtzeel, Kreusa

Norbert Ernst, Kreon

Adrian Eröd, Jason

Daichi Fujiki, Herold

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

The wrath of a woman scorned: Reimann’s murderous Medea at the Wiener Staatsoper