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The Exterminating Angel: A Salzburg world première in a surreal atmosphere

By Christine Arnold, 31 July 2016
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Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 28 July 2016
Programme
Adès, The Exterminating Angel (World Premiere)
Performers
Thomas Adès, Conductor
Tom Cairns, Director
Hildegard Bechtler, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Amanda Echalaz, Lucia de Nobile
Audrey Luna, Leticia Maynar
Anne Sofie von Otter, Leonora Palma
Sally Matthews, Silvia de Ávila
Christine Rice, Blanca Delgado
Sophie Bevan, Beatriz
Charles Workman, Edmundo de Nobile
Frédéric Antoun, Raúl Yebenes
David Adam Moore, Colonel Álvaro Gómez
Iestyn Davies, Francisco de Ávila
Ed Lyon, Eduardo
Eric Halfvarson, Señor Russell
Sir Thomas Allen, Alberto Roc
Sir John Tomlinson, Doctor Carlos Conde
Morgan Moody, Julio
Franz Gürtelschmied, Enrique
Rafael Fingerlos, Pablo
Frances Pappas, Meni
Anna Maria Dur, Camila
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bachchor Salzburg
Alois Glaßner, Choirmaster / chorus director
Christian Arseni, Dramaturgy
Jon Clark, Lighting Designer
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Christine Arnold
Christine Arnold
Christine studied musicology and dance science in Salzburg and Newcastle. After her Bachelor degree she is now proceeding her studies in musicology and the piano as minor subject at the Folkwang Universität in Essen.