Unter Wahnsinnigen: Der feurige Engel am Theater an der Wien

By Isabella Steppan, 17 March 2021

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“Prokofjews Musik glitzerte wie ein dunkler, kalter Bergsee”

Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 15 March 2021

Prokofiev, The Fiery Angel

MusikTheater an der Wien

Constantin Trinks, Conductor

Andrea Breth, Director

Martin Zehetgruber, Set Designer

Carla Teti, Costume Designer

Alexander Koppelmann, Lighting Designer

Antonio Cuenca Ruiz, Dramaturgy

Bo Skovhus, Ruprecht

Aušrinė Stundytė, Renata

Natascha Petrinsky, Hostess of the Inn, Mother Superior

Elena Zaremba, Sorceress

Nikolai Schukoff, Agrippa van Nettelsheim, Mephistopheles

Andrew Owens, Jakob Glock, The doctor

Markus Butter, Faust, Mathias

Kristján Jóhannesson, The Innkeeper at Cologne, Servant at the inn

Alexey Tikhomirov, Inquisitor

Erwin Ortner, Choirmaster / chorus director

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

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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.