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Musical froth of the highest order: A Woman Who Knows What She Wants at Komische Oper

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“imagine an undiscovered PG Wodehouse story set to music by Cole Porter, you wouldn’t be far off”
Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 10 September 2016
Straus, Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will (A woman who knows what she wants)
Adam Benzwi, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Katrin Kath, Costume Designer
Pavel B. Jiracek, Dramaturgy
Dagmar Manzel, Soprano
Max Hopp, Baritone
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****1
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****1
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****1
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****1
A blade too dull: Kosky directs Sweeney Todd at Komische Oper
**111
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****1
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