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Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Mihails Čuļpajevs (Alfonso), Ólafur Sigurdarson (Simone) and Laura Wilde (Violanta)
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Laura Wilde (Violanta)
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Mihails Čuļpajevs (Alfonso) and Laura Wilde (Violanta)
© Marcus Lieberenz
Violanta at Deutsche Oper Berlin
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“Korngold’s music makes psychological states audible, intensifies them, lays them bare”
Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 25 January 2026
Korngold, Violanta
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
David Hermann, Director
Jo Schramm, Set Designer, Video
Sybilla Wallum, Costume Designer
Ulrich Niepel, Lighting Designer
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Ólafur Sigurdarson, Simone Trovai
Laura Wilde, Violanta
Mihails Čuļpajevs, Alfonso
Kangyoon Shine Lee, Giovanni Bracca
Lilit Davtyan, Bice
Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Barbara
Andrei Danilov, Mateo
Michael Dimovski, First soldier
Paul Minhyung Roh, Second soldier
Maria Vasilevskaya, First maid
Lucy Baker, Second maid
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