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New lamps for old: rediscovery of a Swedish Arabian Nights opera

By John Johnston, 08 April 2017
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“the gilded trumpery of the Sultan’s palace”
Reviewed at Staatstheater, Braunschweig on 7 April 2017
Programme
Atterberg, Aladin
Performers
Braunschweig State Theatre
Jonas Alber, Conductor
Andrei Woron, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Michael Ha, Aladin
Frank Blees, Nazzredin
Solen Mainguené, Laila
Steven Scheschareg, Muluk
Magnus Piontek, Blinder Bettler
Justin Moore, Balab
Patrick Ruyters, Derim
Yuedong Guan, Erster Muslim
Tadeusz Nowakoswski, Zweiter Muslim
Hanna Sibilski, Costume Designer
Martin Stiefermann, Choreography
Georg Menskes, Choirmaster / chorus director
Christian Steinbock, Dramaturgy
Staatsorchester Braunschweig
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.