The Salzburg Festival's Die Frau ohne Schatten

By Zerbinetta, 03 August 2011

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Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 1 August 2011

Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten (New production • In German with German and English surtitles)

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Christof Loy, Director

Stephen Gould, Emperor

Anne Schwanewilms, Empress

Michaela Schuster, Nurse

Wolfgang Koch, Barak, the Dyer

Evelyn Herlitzius, Barak the Dyer's Wife

Markus Brück, The One-Eyed Man, Barak’s Brother

Steven Humes, The One-Armed Man, Barak’s Brother

Andreas Conrad, The Hunchback, Barak's Brother

Thomas Johannes Mayer, The Messenger of Keikobad

Rachel Frenkel, Servants, Voices of Unborn Children

Peter Sonn, The Apparition of a Youth

Christina Landshamer, Servants, Voices of Unborn Children

Maria Radner, Servants, Voices of Unborn Children

Hanna Herfurtner, Servants, Voices of Unborn Children

Martina Mikelić, Servants, Voices of Unborn Children

Vienna Philharmonic

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Salzburg Festival Children's Choir

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Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta is a music educator in the New York area with a background in music performance, theater studies, and history. She is particularly interested in Wagner, Baroque music, and, of course, Richard Strauss.