Shock Value: Mariusz Treliński's take on Salome

Por Frank Kuznik, 26 octubre 2014

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Crítica hecha desde State Opera (Státní opera), Praga el 23 octubre 2014

Strauss R., Salomé

Prague State Opera

Heiko Mathias Förster, Dirección

Mariusz Treliński, Dirección de escena

Marek Adamski, Diseño de vestuario

Boris Kudlička, Diseño de escena

Gun-Brit Barkmin, Salome

Veronika Hajnová, Herodias

Jacek Laszczkowski, Herodes

Tomasz Konieczny, Jochanaan

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***11

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.