Kátja Kabanová: Betörendes Wiener Staatsopernorchester

By Isabella Steppan, 23 April 2017

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“In diese Klang gewordene Wolga möchte man sich nur allzu gerne stürzen!”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 21 April 2017

Janáček, Kátya Kabanová

Vienna State Opera

Tomáš Netopil, Conductor

André Engel, Director

Nicky Rieti, Set Designer

Angela Denoke, Kátya

Misha Didyk, Boris

Jane Henschel, Kabanicha

Leonardo Navarro, Tichon

Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Dikój

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.

Szenische Kälte, heiße Orchesterstürme: Kátja Kabanová an der Wiener Staatsoper