Viel Aufwand, wenig Drama: Olga Neuwirths Orlando

By Snapdragon, 10 December 2019

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“weniger ist oft mehr”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 8 December 2019

Neuwirth, Orlando

Vienna State Opera

Matthias Pintscher, Conductor

Polly Graham, Director

Roy Spahn, Set Designer

Comme de Garçons, Costume Designer

Kate Lindsey, Orlando

Anna Clementi, Narrator

Eric Jurenas, Guardian Angel

Constance Hauman, Queen, Purity, Friend of Orlando's child

Agneta Eichenholz, Sasha, Chastity

Leigh Melrose, Shelmerdine, Green

Justin Vivian Bond, Orlando's child

Margaret Plummer, Modesty

Wolfram Igor Derntl, Doctor 1

Hans Peter Kammerer, Doctor 2

Ayk Martirossian, Doctor 3

Carlos Osuna, Addison

Marcus Pelz, Dryden

Wolfgang Bankl, Duke

William Duke, Video

Ulrich Schneider, Lighting Designer

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach, Dramaturgy

Helga Utz, Dramaturgy

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.

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