Miraculous Makropulos Case debuts in Asia

By Carla Escoda, 27 February 2017

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“they could have straight come out of Hollywood central casting”

Reviewed at Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong on 25 February 2017

Janáček, The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)

Janáček Opera NTB

Marko Ivanović, Conductor

David Radok, Director

Ondřej Nekvasil, Set Designer

Zuzana Jezková, Costume Designer

Annalena Persson, Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos

Aleš Briscein, Albert Gregor

František Ďuriač, Dr Kolenatý

Petr Levíček, Vítek

Eva Štěrbová, Kristina

Svatopluk Sem, Baron Jaroslav Prus

Petr Račko, Janek

Josef Škrobánek, Count Hauk-Šendorf

Jana Hrochová, Chambermaid

Jiří Klecker, A Stage Technician

Jitka Zerhauová, A Cleaning Woman

Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

Janáček Opera NTB Chorus

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Miraculous Makropulos Case debuts in Asia at the Hong Kong Arts Festival