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Not quite a premiere, not quite a success: Salieri’s Kublai Khan at MusikTheater an der Wien

Carlo Lepore (Kublai Khan), Fabio Capitanucci (Orcano) and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor
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Carlo Lepore (Kublai Khan) and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor
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Fabio Capitanucci (Orcano)
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Carlo Lepore, Ana Quintans (Memma), Giorgio Caoduro (Bozzone), Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz (Salieri)
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Leon Košavić (Posega) and Lauranne Oliva (Lipi)
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Marie Lys (Alzima) and Alasdair Kent (Timur)
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“this felt like the equivalent of landing in a corporate boardroom, but one inexplicably gilded”
Reviewed at MuseumsQuartier Wien: Halle E, Vienna on 7 April 2024
Salieri, Cublai, gran Kan dei Tartari
MusikTheater an der Wien
Christophe Rousset, Conductor
Martin G Berger, Director
Sarah-Katharina Karl, Set Designer
Alexander Hotter, Costume Designer
Les Talens Lyriques
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Philipp Amelungsen, Dramaturgy
Christian Schröder, Dramaturgy
Carlo Lepore, Cublai
Marie Lys, Alzima
Lauranne Oliva, Lipi
Alasdair Kent, Timur
Giorgio Caoduro, Bozzone
Ana Quintans, Memma
Fabio Capitanucci, Orcano
Leon Košavić, Posega
Erwin Ortner, Choirmaster / chorus director
Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz, Actor
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