Elizas Tanz am Rhein

By Beate Langenbruch, 04 January 2016

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Reviewed at Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1, Cologne on 29 December 2015

Loewe, My Fair Lady

Oper Köln

Andreas Schüller, Conductor

Arne Willimczik, Conductor

Dietrich Hilsdorf, Director

Dieter Richter, Set Designer

Karina Schmitz, Costume Designer

Phillip Joll, Alfred P. Doolittle

Simon Butteriss, Colonel Hugh Pickering

Aoife Miskelly, Eliza Doolittle

Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Katherine Marriott, Mrs. Higgins

Andrea Andonian, Mrs. Pearce

Stephen Chaundy, Professor Henry Higgins

Andrew Ollivant, Choirmaster / chorus director

Chor der Oper Köln

Gürzenich Orchestra

Ralf Rachbauer, Tenor

Matthias Hoffmann, Bass

Andreas Grüter, Lighting Designer

Birgit Meyer, Dramaturgy

Giorgio Madia, Choreography

Athol Farmer, Choreography

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Beate Langenbruch

Incapable de départager musique et littérature dans sa vie, Beate a décidé de se consacrer passionnément aux deux. La maîtresse de conférences en littérature française (Moyen Âge) et soprano allemande parcourt le monde pour ses recherches comme pour chanter, avec son trio de musique de chambre, en soliste ou en choeur. Ses années d'expériences instrumentales (piano, flûte, guitare) n'ont que très modérément entravé son amour inconditionnel de la voix et du répertoire choral en particulier.

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