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Heroes and Beasts: Mariusz Treliński’s staging of Die Frau ohne Schatten in Warsaw

Die Frau ohne Schatten
© Krzysztof Bieliński
Lise Lindström (Dyer's Wife)
© Krzysztof Bieliński
Lindsay Ammann (Nurse) and Lise Lindstrom (The Dyer's Wife)
© Krzysztof Bieliński
Tadeusz Szlenkier (Emperor) and Annemarie Kremer (Empress)
© Krzysztof Bieliński
Tadeusz Szlenkier (Emperor)
© Krzysztof Bieliński
Lise Lindstrom (The Dyer's Wife) and Lauri Vasar (Barak)
© Krzysztof Bieliński
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“a statement of intent in set-designer-turned-intendant Boris Kudlička’s first season in charge”
Reviewed at Teatr Wielki: Moniuszko Hall, Warsaw on 15 February 2026
Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten
Polish National Opera
Bassem Akiki, Conductor
Mariusz Treliński, Director
Fabien Lédé, Set Designer
Marek Adamski, Costume Designer
Marc Heinz, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki
Chorus of the Teatr Wielki
Tadeusz Szlenkier, Emperor
Annemarie Kremer, Empress
Lindsay Ammann, Nurse
Lauri Vasar, Barak, the Dyer
Lise Lindstrom, Barak the Dyer's Wife
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**111
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****1
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