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Lessons in Love and Violence: George Benjamins neue Oper über Angst und Entsetzen im politischen Alltag

By Michael Klier, 26 June 2018
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“die Musik unterstreicht die Perfidität der politischen Korrektheit”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 25 June 2018
Programme
Benjamin, Lessons in Love and Violence
Performers
Dutch National Opera
Sir George Benjamin, Conductor
Katie Mitchell, Director
Vicki Mortimer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Stéphane Degout, King
Barbara Hannigan, Isabel
Gyula Orendt, Gaveston / Stranger
Peter Hoare, Mortimer
Samuel Boden, Boy / Young King
Jennifer France, Witness 1 / Singer 1 / Woman 1
Krisztina Szabó, Witness 2 / Singer 2 / Woman 2
Andri Björn Róbertsson, Witness 3 / Madman
Ocean Barrington-Cook, Girl
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
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Michael Klier
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.