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Aventures: Ligeti and Kotík at New Opera Days Ostrava opening night

By Rebecca Lentjes, 29 June 2016
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Reviewed at Coal Mine Hlubina - Old Bathrooms, Ostrava on 27 June 2016
Programme
Ligeti, Aventures
Ligeti, Nouvelles Aventures
Kotík, William William
Performers
Katharina Schmitt, Director
Pavel Svoboda, Set Designer
Zuzana Režná, Lighting Designer
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Lydia Brotherton, Soprano
Lena Haselmann, Mezzo-soprano
Markus Hollop, Baritone, Bass
Ostravská banda
Matilda Sakamoto, Choreography
Alma Samimi,, Mezzo-soprano
Adrian Rosas, Bass-baritone
String Noise
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Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.