Vorhang auf, Maske runter: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas in München

By Norman Schwarze, 03 September 2020

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“Oper ist, wenn am Ende einer stirbt.”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 1 September 2020

Nikodijević, 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Bavarian State Opera

Yoel Gamzou, Conductor

Marina Abramović, Director

Anna Schöttl, Set Designer

Riccardo Tisci, Costume Designer

Lauren Fagan, Norma

Nadezhda Karyazina, Carmen

Selene Zanetti, Floria Tosca

Leah Hawkins, Desdemona

Adela Zaharia, Lucia Ashton

Kiandra Howarth, Cio-Cio-San

Hera Hyesang Park, Violetta Valéry

Lynsey Peisinger, Director

Marco Brambilla, Video

Luka Kozlovacki, Sound Design

Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer

Benedikt Stampfli, Dramaturgy

Stellario Fagone, Choirmaster / chorus director

Willem Dafoe, Actor

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Norman Schwarze

Norman ist Münchner, absoluter Reisefanatiker, Blogger und Opernliebhaber seit frühester Kindheit. Besonders begeistert er sich für progressive Inszenierungen und Stücke des 21. Jahrhunderts. Nach seinem Studium der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaften orientierte er sich neu und arbeitet nun als Produktmanager im Börsenumfeld. Das ist sein Blog: www.annees-de-pelerinage.com

Vorhang auf, Maske runter: 7 Deaths of Maria Callas an der Bayerischen Staatsoper