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Ein Käfig voller Russen: Chowanschtschina an der Staatsoper Wien

By Snapdragon, 23 September 2015
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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 20 September 2015
Programme
Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina
Performers
Vienna State Opera
James Conlon, Conductor
Lev Dodin, Director
Alexander Borovskiy, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Marian Talaba, Kuska
Caroline Wenborne, Emma
Lydia Rathkolb, Susanna
Elena Maximova, Marfa
Christopher Ventris, Prince Andrei Khovansky
Herbert Lippert, Prince Vasily Golitzin
Norbert Ernst, Scrivener
Evgeny Nikitin, Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
Ain Anger, Dosifey
Dmitry Belosselskiy, Prince Ivan Khovansky
Marcus Pelz, Varsonofiev
Damir Ismagilov, Lighting Designer
Yuri Vasilkov, Choreography
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Snapdragon
Snapdragon
Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.