Confusing and evocative: Faust [working title] in Amsterdam

By Michael Klier, 07 September 2020

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“away from the museum right into the middle of social actuality”

Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 5 September 2020

Various, Faust

Dutch National Opera

Manoj Kamps, Conductor

Lisenka Heijboer Castañon, Director

Janne Sterke, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Hendrik Walther, Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Video

Akim Moiseenkov, Sound Design

Antonio Cuenca Ruiz, Dramaturgy

Niels Nuijten, Dramaturgy

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor

Olga Busuioc, Soprano

Fang Fang Kong, Soprano

Polly Leech, Mezzo-soprano

Martin Mkhize, Baritone

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.