Death lurks: Aribert Reimann's L'Invisible

By Sam Johnstone, 08 October 2017

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“constituent parts packed into bite-size chunks that vanish before they can be savoured”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 8 October 2017

Reimann, L'Invisible

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor

Vasily Barkhatov, Director

Zinovy Margolin, Set Designer

Olga Shaishmelashvili, Costume Designer

Rachel Harnisch, Ursula / Marie / Ygraine

Annika Schlicht, Marthe / Bellangère

Ronnita Miller, Handmaiden

Stephen Bronk, Grandfather / An old man / Aglovale

Thomas Blondelle, Uncle / Stranger

Tim Severloh, 1st Servant

Martin Wölfel, 2nd Servant

Matthew Shaw, 3rd Servant

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

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Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone

Death lurks: Aribert Reimann's L'Invisible at Deutsche Oper Berlin