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Die schweigsame Frau: a commedia del Kosky staging in Munich

By Jonathan Sutherland, 17 November 2017
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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 15 November 2017
Programme
Strauss R., Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)
Performers
Bavarian State Opera
Stefan Soltész, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Esther Bialas, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Brenda Rae, Aminta
Lavinia Dames, Isotta
Tara Erraught, Carlotta
Okka von der Damerau, Widow Zimmerlein, the housekeeper
Pavol Breslik, Henry Morosus
Christian Rieger, Morbio
Nikolay Borchev, Schneidebart, the barber
Callum Thorpe, Farfallo
Franz Hawlata, Sir Morosus
Peter Lobert, Vanuzzi
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
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Barrie KoskyBavarian State OperaBayerischer StaatsopernchorBayerisches StaatsorchesterBrenda RaeCallum ThorpeChristian RiegerDie schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)Esther BialasFranz HawlataLars WoldtLavinia DamesNikolay BorchevOkka von der DamerauPavol BreslikPeter LobertRichard StraussStefan SoltészTara Erraught
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Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.