Stars and the score shine in The Count of Luxembourg

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 26 December 2017

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“Kay Stiefermann... combines matinee idol looks with a swoon-inducingly satiny voice”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Düsseldorf on 25 December 2017

Lehár, Der Graf von Luxemburg (The Count of Luxembourg)

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Patrick Francis Chestnut, Conductor

Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director

Mathis Neidhardt, Set Designer

Sibylle Gädeke, Costume Designer

Bo Skovhus, René, Graf von Luxemburg

Kay Stiefermann, René, Graf von Luxemburg

Juliane Banse, Angèle Didier

Maraike Schröter, Angèle Didier

Romana Noack, Angèle Didier

Cornel Frey, Armand Brissard

Florian Simson, Armand Brissard

Lavinia Dames, Juliette Vermont

Monika Rydz, Juliette Vermont

Doris Lamprecht, Countess Stasa Kokozow

Oliver Breite, Der Ménager

Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

Duisburger Philharmoniker

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.

Stars and Léhar's score shine in The Count of Luxembourg at Deutsche Oper am Rhein