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Opera of utmost truthfulness: Weinberg's Passenger in Frankfurt

By Christoph Wurzel, 05 March 2015
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“Baumgartner achieves intense expression in her chasms of despair & the the sadistic cynicism”
Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 1 March 2015
Programme
Weinberg, The Passenger
Performers
Christoph Gedschold, Conductor
Anselm Weber, Director
Katja Haß, Set Designer
Bettina Walter, Costume Designer
Anna Ryberg, Katya
Sara Jakubiak, Marta
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Lisa
Peter Marsh, Walter
Brian Mulligan, Tadeusz
Bibi Abel, Video
Frankfurt Opera Chorus
Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Christoph Wurzel
Christoph Wurzel
Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.