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Une folle journée: Calixto Bieito's Platée in Stuttgart

By David Karlin, 09 May 2015
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Reviewed at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgart on 8 May 2015
Programme
Rameau, Platée
Performers
Hans Christoph Bünger, Conductor
Calixto Bieito, Director
Anna Eiermann, Costume Designer
Susanne Gschwender, Set Designer
Lenneke Ruiten, Amour, La Folie
Cyril Auvity, Mercure, Thespis
Thomas Walker, Platée
André Morsch, Cithéron, Satyr
Andreas Wolf, Jupiter
Lauryna Bendžiūnaitė, Clarine
Mirella Bunoaica, Thalie
Maria Theresa Ullrich, Junon
Shigeo Ishino, Momus
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David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.