Zemlinsky takes centre stage in Deutsche Oper’s Der Zwerg

Por Hugo Shirley, 26 marzo 2019

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“commanding Zemlinsky’s taxing notes with firm, focused and pleasingly plangent tone”

Crítica hecha desde Deutsche Oper, Berlín el 24 marzo 2019

Zemlinsky, Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sir Donald Runnicles, Dirección

Tobias Kratzer, Dirección de escena

Rainer Sellmaier, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Elena Tsallagova, Donna Clara

Emily Magee, Ghita

David Butt Philip, The Dwarf

Philipp Jekal, Don Estoban

Nicole Haslett, First Maid

Amber Fasquelle, Second Maid

Maiju Vaahtoluoto, Third Maid

Mick Morris Mehnert, Actor

Stefan Woinke, Diseño de iluminación

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Hugo Shirley

Hugo Shirley is a Berlin-based writer and musicologist. He has written widely as a critic in the UK, including for The Spectator, the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph, and has held editorial posts at both Opera and Gramophone. He was editor of 30-Second Opera (Ivy Press, 2015) and has a PhD in musicology from King's College London, where his thesis focused on Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten.