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Depravity and unbridled lust: Schulhoff's Flammen revived in Prague

Denys Pivnitskyi (Don Juan)
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Denys Pivnitskyi (Don Juan)
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Victoria Khoroshunova (Donna Anna) and Denys Pivnitskyi (Don Juan)
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Victoria Khoroshunova (Donna Anna), Denys Pivnitskyi (Don Juan) and Vít Šantora (Pulcinella)
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Tone Kummervold (La Morte)
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“Calixto Bieito takes up the gauntlet by going directly to the dark heart of the piece”
Reviewed at State Opera (Státní opera), Prague on 12 June 2022
Schulhoff, Flammen (Flames)
Jiří Rožeň, Conductor
Calixto Bieito, Director
Anna-Sofia Kirsch, Set Designer
Barbora Maleninská, Costume Designer
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Prague State Opera Chorus
Victoria Khoroshunova, Donna Anna
Tamara Morozová, Marguerite
Tone Kummervold, La Morte (Death)
Michal Marhold, Arlecchino
Denys Pivnitskyi, Don Juan
Pavel Švingr, Commendatore
Vít Šantora, Pulcinella
Jaroslav Patočka, Pantalone
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**111
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