Eiskaltes Verwirrspiel: The Snow Queen an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

By Norman Schwarze, 23 December 2019

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“eine diabolische Klangwelt jenseits des Polarkreises”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 21 December 2019

Abrahamsen, The Snow Queen

Bavarian State Opera

Cornelius Meister, Conductor

Andreas Kriegenburg, Director

Harald Thor, Set Designer

Andrea Schraad, Costume Designer

Barbara Hannigan, Gerda

Rachael Wilson, Kay

Peter Rose, Snow Queen / Reindeer/ Clock

Caroline Wettergreen, Princess

Helena Zubanovich, Grandmother/ Old Lady/ Finn Woman

Dean Power, Prince

Kevin Conners, Forest Crow

Owen Willetts, Castle Crow

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Zenta Haerter, Choreography

Stellario Fagone, Choirmaster / chorus director

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

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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

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