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War and Peace: Philip Venables' chamber opera Denis & Katya at the Opera Forward Festival

By Michael Klier, 12 March 2022
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“Can opera really be so topical?”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 11 March 2022
Programme
Venables, Denis and Katya
Performers
Dutch National Opera
Tim Andersen, Conductor
Ted Huffman, Director
Andrew Lieberman, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Millie Hiibel, Costume Designer
Pierre Martin, Video
Rob Kaplowitz, Sound Design
Michael Wilmering, Denis
Inna Demenkova, Katya
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Michael Klier
Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.