Slava Boris

By Simon Haasis, 07 May 2016

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 6 May 2016

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov

Vienna State Opera

Marko Letonja, Conductor

Yannis Kokkos, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Marian Talaba, Grigory

René Pape, Boris Godunov

Kurt Rydl, Pimen

Norbert Ernst, Prince Shuisky

Aida Garifullina, Xenia

Ilseyar Khayrullova, Feodor

Aura Twarowska, The Innkeeper

Zoryana Kushpler, Xenia's nurse

Benedikt Kobel, Missail

Pavel Kolgatin, Simpleton

Clemens Unterreiner, Shchelkalov

Marcus Pelz, Mityukha

Alexandru Moisiuc, Nikitich

Ryan Speedo Green, Varlaam

Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Slovak Philharmonic Choir

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Anna Netrebko shines in Vienna’s timeless Tosca

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A holiday Bohème: Puccini, Zeffirelli and tradition in Vienna

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Simon Haasis

Simon Haasis ist Musik- und Kulturwissenschaftler, der in Wien lebt und arbeitet. Auf der Zielgerade zu seiner Dissertation befindlich, macht er das Wiener Konzert- und Opernleben unsicher, indem er stets auf der Suche nach ausgewählten Raritäten von der Renaissancemusik bis zur neuesten Avantgarde ist. Besonders angetan hat es ihm das Musiktheater in seinen vielfältigen Ausdrucksformen. Neben publizistischer und vortragender Tätigkeit lehrt er derzeit an der Universität Wien zur französischen Operngeschichte.

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