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Periwigs and a plane tree: Baroque bawdiness at Komische Oper Berlin

By John Johnston, 18 February 2018
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“Junghänel conducted with rhythmic vigour, the players responding with crispness and colour”
Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 17 February 2018
Programme
Handel, Serse (Xerxes)
Performers
Komische Oper Berlin
Konrad Junghänel, Conductor
Stefan Herheim, Director
Heike Scheele, Set Designer
Gesine Völlm, Costume Designer
Stephanie Houtzeel, Serse
Franziska Gottwald, Arsamene
Ezgi Kutlu, Amastre
Nina Bernsteiner, Romilda
Nora Friedrichs, Atalanta
Philipp Meierhöfer, Ariodate
Hagen Matzeit, Elviro
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.