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Indulgence and corruption: Bechtolf's Ring returns to the Wiener Staatsoper

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“Schneider and the Staatsoper Orchester stole the stage throughout much of the Nibelheim scene”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 30 April 2017
Wagner, Das Rheingold
Vienna State Opera
Peter Schneider, Conductor
Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director
Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer
Marianne Glittenberg, Costume Designer
Norbert Ernst, Loge
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Mime
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Alberich
Egils Siliņš, Wotan
Markus Eiche, Donner
Thomas Ebenstein, Froh
Okka von der Damerau, Erda
Mihoko Fujimura, Fricka
Caroline Wenborne, Freia
Sorin Coliban, Fasolt
Ain Anger, Fafner
Ileana Tonca, Wellgunde
Stephanie Houtzeel, Woglinde
Zoryana Kushpler, Flosshilde
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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