Salome als diabolisches Kammerspiel an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

By David Renke, 07 October 2019

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“Petrenkos Interpretation entwickelte eine verführerische, diabolische Energie”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 5 October 2019

Strauss R., Salome

Bavarian State Opera

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director

Małgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Marlis Petersen, Salome

Doris Soffel, Herodias

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Herodes

Evan LeRoy Johnson, Narraboth

Wolfgang Koch, Jochanaan

Callum Thorpe, 1st Nazarene

Ulrich Reß, 2nd Nazarene

Martin Snell, 1st Soldier

Alexander Milev, 2nd Soldier

Scott MacAllister, 1st Jew

Roman Payer, 2nd Jew

Kristofer Lundin, 3rd Jew

Paul Kaufmann, 4th Jew

Peter Lobert, 5th Jew

Rachael Wilson, Herodias' Page

Milan Siljanov, Cappadocian

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David Renke

David Renke, geboren in München, hat Musikwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln studiert, wechselte dann zum Studiengang Medien und Kommunikation an die Universität Passau. Er spielt Klavier, Gitarre und ist als Sänger in verschiedenen Chören in Süddeutschland tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.