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A dream team at Staatsoper Berlin for Martinů's Juliette

By Karen Hunter, 30 May 2016
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“Enormous dangling leaves and snake-like tendrils rise and fall”
Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 28 May 2016
Programme
Martinů, Julietta, or The Key of Dreams
Performers
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Claus Guth, Director
Alfred Peter, Set Designer
Eva Dessecker, Costume Designer
Magdalena Kožená, Julietta
Rolando Villazón, Michel
Thomas Lichtenecker, Small Arab
Elsa Dreisig, Woman selling poultry, Fortune teller
Richard Croft, Police officer
Arttu Kataja, Seller of memories
Jan Martiník, Man at Window, Old man
Wolfgang Schöne, Old Arab
Olaf Freese, Lighting Designer
Ramses Sigl, Choreography
Staatsopernchor Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin
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Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts and the St Louis Conservatory of Music, having trained as an oboist. In 1996 she traded a spot on the stage for a place in the audience with her permanent move to Berlin, Germany. Here she finds no shortage of great concerts to attend.