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Christian Thielemann bids farewell to Dresden with an excellent new Die Frau ohne Schatten

Camilla Nylund (The Empress)
© Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
Eric Cutler (The Emperor) and Camilla Nylund (The Empress)
© Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
Camilla Nylund (The Empress), Evelyn Herlitzius (The Nurse) and chorus
© Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
Evelyn Herlitzius (The Nurse) and Andreas Bauer Kanabas (The Messenger of Keikobad)
© Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
Miina-Liisa Värelä (The Dyer's Wife)
© Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
Evelyn Herlitzius (The Nurse)
© Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
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“Bösch's production excels in its coherence and ability to tell the story in a straightforward manner”
Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 27 March 2024
Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten
Semperoper Dresden
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
David Bösch, Director
Patrick Bannwart, Set Designer, Video design
Falko Herold, Costume Designer, Video design
Fabio Antoci, Lighting Designer
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Eric Cutler, Emperor
Camilla Nylund, Empress
Evelyn Herlitzius, Nurse
Oleksandr Pushniak, Barak, the Dyer
Miina-Liisa Värelä, Barak the Dyer's Wife
Nikola Hillebrand, The Guardian of the Threshold
Lea-ann Dunbar, The Voice of a Falcon
Christa Mayer, A Voice From Above
Rafael Fingerlos, The One-Eyed Man, Barak’s Brother
Tansel Akzeybek, The Hunchback, Barak's Brother
Tilmann Rönnebeck, The One-Armed Man, Barak’s Brother
Andreas Bauer Kanabas, The Messenger of Keikobad
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