Häusliche Gewalt vor schöner Klangkulisse: Otello in München

By Isabella Steppan, 15 July 2019

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 12 July 2019

Verdi, Otello

Bavarian State Opera

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Amélie Niermeyer, Director

Christian Schmidt, Set Designer

Annelies Vanlaere, Costume Designer

Jonas Kaufmann, Otello

Anja Harteros, Desdemona

Gerald Finley, Iago

Rachael Wilson, Emilia

Evan LeRoy Johnson, Cassio

Galeano Salas, Roderigo

Bálint Szabó, Lodovico

Milan Siljanov, Montano

Markus Suihkonen, Herald

Olaf Winter, Lighting Designer

Thomas Wilhelm, Choreography

Sören Eckhoff, Choirmaster / chorus director

Malte Krasting, Dramaturgy

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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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.

Häusliche Gewalt vor schöner Klangkulisse: Otello an der Bayerischen Staatsoper