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Zwischen Glitzerjackett und Abendkleid: Arrigo Boitos Mefistofele an der Oper Stuttgart

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“vom lieblich harmonischen Gesang der Engel bis zum orgiastischen Toben beim Hexensabbat”
Reviewed at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgart on 16 June 2019
Boito, Mefistofele
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Daniele Callegari, Conductor
Àlex Ollé, Director
Alfons Flores, Set Designer
Lluc Castells, Costume Designer
Olga Busuioc, Margherita, Elena
Antonello Palombi, Faust
Mika Kares, Mefistofele
Fiorella Hincapié, Marta, Pantalis
Christopher Sokolowski, Nereo
Elliott Carlton Hines, Wagner
Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer
Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder, Dramaturgy
Kinderchor der Oper Stuttgart
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
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