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Abstract and compelling: Audi's Götterdämmerung in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 19 November 2013
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Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 17 November 2013
Programme
Wagner, Götterdämmerung
Performers
Dutch National Opera
Hartmut Haenchen, Conductor
Pierre Audi, Director
George Tsypin, Set Designer
Catherine Foster, Brünnhilde
Stephen Gould, Siegfried
Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester, Gunther
Kurt Rydl, Hagen
Astrid Weber, Third Norn
Barbara Senator, Wellgunde
Machteld Baumans, Woglinde
Bettina Ranch, Flosshilde
Michaela Schuster, Waltraute
Nicole Piccolomini, First Norn
Werner Van Mechelen, Alberich
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster / chorus director
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Nicolas Nguyen
Nicolas Nguyen
Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.