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A spooky Damnation de Faust in Berlin transports us to a sinister world

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“Christian Spuck's creepy, elegant new Damnation de Faust in Berlin makes quite an impact.”
Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 23 February 2014
Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Christian Spuck, Director
Emma Ryott, Set Designer
Clémentine Margaine, Marguerite
Klaus Florian Vogt, Faust
Tobias Kehrer, Brander
Samuel Youn, Méphistophélès
L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin
****1
Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper
****1
Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
***11
Thalheimer’s directs a static new Berlin Tristan und Isolde
****1
Anatomy of a love: Rebecca Saunders’ Lash at Deutsche Oper Berlin
*****
Upstairs, downstairs: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper
****1
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