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Not perfect, only human: Rolf Wallin’s Elysium in Oslo

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“a world of brushed aluminium and safety glass”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 14 March 2016
Wallin, Elysium
Norwegian National Opera
Sir David Pountney, Director
Leslie Travers, Set Designer
Lina Johnson, Wife
Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Woman
Hege Høisæter, Neighbour
Nils Harald Sødal, Coraig
Ketil Hugaas, Husband
Inga Lohne Otterstad, Boy
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