Emojis statt Emotionen: Miroslav Srnkas Singularity in München

By Rainer Zerbst, 08 June 2021

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Reviewed at Cuvilliés-Theatre, Munich on 7 June 2021

Srnka, Singularity

Bavarian State Opera

Patrick Hahn, Conductor

Nicolas Brieger, Director

Raimund Bauer, Set Designer

Andrea Schmidt-Futterer, Costume Designer

Benedikt Zehm, Lighting Designer

Stefano Di Buduo, Video

Matouš Hejl, Sound Design

Malte Krasting, Dramaturgy

Eliza Boom, Sopran Analog

Juliana Zara, Sopran Digital

Daria Proszek, Mezzo Analog

Yajie Zhang, Mezzo Digital

George Vîrban, Tenor Analog

Andrés Agudelo, Tenor Digital

Andrew Hamilton, Bariton Analog

Theodore Platt, Bariton Digital

Opera Studio of Bayerische Staatsoper

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Rainer Zerbst

Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".

Emojis statt Emotionen: Miroslav Srnkas neue Oper Singularity an der Bayerischen Staatsoper