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Staatsoper Berlin's Ring revival begins with musically satisfying Rheingold

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Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 11 June 2016
Wagner, Das Rheingold
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Guy Cassiers, Director
Enrico Bagnoli, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Tim Van Steenbergen, Costume Designer
Anna Samuil, Freia
Anna Danik, Wellgunde
Evelin Novak, Woglinde
Anna Larsson, Erda
Anna Lapkovskaja, Flosshilde
Ekaterina Gubanova, Fricka
Simon O'Neill, Froh
Stephan Rügamer, Loge
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Mime
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Alberich
Roman Trekel, Donner
Iain Paterson, Wotan
Falk Struckmann, Fafner
Matti Salminen, Fasolt
Staatskapelle Berlin
Arjen Klerkx, Video
Kurt D'Haeseleer, Video
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Choreography
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