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Schwanengesang - Pelléas et Mélisande am Stadttheater Heidelberg

By Miriam Weiss, 12 December 2014
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“Das Verstummen hätte nicht eindrucksvoller gezeigt werden können.”
Reviewed at Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg on 10 December 2014
Programme
Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers
Gad Kadosh, Conductor
Annette Braun, Costume Designer
Ralf Käselau, Set Designer
Annika Sophie Ritlewski, Mélisande
Stella Rembalski, Yniold
Carolyn Frank, Geneviève
Angus Wood, Pelléas
Dong-Hwan Lee, Golaud
Milo Pablo Momm, Golaud
David Otto, A Doctor
Wilfried Staber, Arkel
Pascale-Sabine Chevroton, Choreography
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Miriam Weiss
Miriam Weiss
Miriam studierte Musikwissenschaft und Jazzklavier in Heidelberg und Stuttgart und schreibt seit einigen Jahren Programmtexte für renommierte Festivals und Konzerthäuser wie das Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest, Davos Musikfestival, Wiener Konzerthaus und die Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele. Sie ist glücklich, einen so vielseitigen Beruf zu haben, bei dem sie unterrichten, konzertieren, schreiben und sich den ganzen Tag mit Musik beschäftigen kann.