Event listing: Die Frau ohne Schatten | Edinburgh Festival Theatre | Fri 2 Sep 2011 at 18:00

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Edinburgh Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9FT, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Edinburgh International Festival

Programme

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

Performers

Mariinsky Opera
Valery Gergiev	Director
Jonathan Kent	Director
Tim Mitchell	Lighting Designer
Paul Brown	Set Designer
Elena Nebera	Soprano	Empress
Avgust Amonov	Tenor	Emperor
Nikolai Putilin	Bass-baritone	Barak, the Dyer
Ekaterina Popova	Soprano	Barak the Dyer's Wife
Elena Vitman	Mezzo-soprano	Nurse

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The Mariinsky at Edinburgh serve up near-perfect Strauss

David Karlin, 2nd September

Once upon a time, an Emperor was hunting when his red falcon caught a white gazelle. As he grasped the animal, it transformed into a beautiful princess in his arms and they fell in love. She was the daughter of Keikobad, the King of the spirit world, a woman of such translucent beauty that she cast no shadow, but she lived under a curse...

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