Demaskierung der Heuchler in der Wartburgesellschaft

By Peter Karmann, 30 September 2017

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Reviewed at Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1, Cologne on 24 September 2017

Wagner, Tannhäuser

Oper Köln

François-Xavier Roth, Conductor

Patrick Kinmonth, Director

Darko Petrovic, Set Designer

Annina von Pfuel, Costume Designer

Kristiane Kaiser, Elisabeth

Dalia Schaechter, Venus

David Pomeroy, Tannhäuser

Miljenko Turk, Wolfram von Eschenbach

María Isabel Segarra, Shepherd Boy

John Heuzenroeder, Heinrich der Schreiber

Dino Lüthy, Walther von der Vogelweide

Lucas Singer, Biterolf

Karl-Heinz Lehner, Landgraf Hermann

Yorck Felix Speer, Reinmar von Zweter

Georg Kehren, Dramaturgy

Andreas Grüter, Lighting Designer

Gürzenich Orchestra

Chor der Oper Köln

Andrew Ollivant, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Peter Karmann

Peter verschlug es nach seinem Bachelorstudium in Karlsruhe sowie Strasbourg nach Cambridge um dort seinen Master in Ingenieurswissenschaften zu absolvieren. Seine Liebe zur großen Symphonik entwickelte er als Klarinettist eines Philharmonischen Blasmusikorchesters. Besonders die Musik der Romantik und im Speziellen die orchestralen Spätwerke von Mahler und Brahms sowie Wagners Musikdramen faszinieren ihn. Falls man Peter nicht in Konzertsälen trifft, findet man ihn auf Rucksackreisen, auf Skiern in den Alpen oder seit neuestem beim High Tea in England.

Demaskierung der Heuchler in der Wartburgesellschaft: Tannhäuser an der Oper Köln