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The rise and fall of man: Henze's Das Wundertheater meets Weill's Mahagonny-Songspiel

By James Imam, 24 October 2016
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Reviewed at Teatro Juárez, Guanajuato on 20 October 2016
Programme
Saariaho, Tempest Songbook
Henze, Das Wundertheater
Weill, Mahagonny Songspiel
Performers
Ópera de Cámara del Teatro Colón Camerata de Coahuila
Martin Sotelo, Conductor
Mariano Fernández, Director
Graciela Oddone, Soprano
Pablo Scaiola, Tenor
Alejandro Spies, Baritone
Juan Pablo Labourdette, Bass
María Victoria Gaeta, Boy soprano
Camerata de Coahuila
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.