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A Tale of Two Tannhäusers: Theater Freiburg at Norwich

By Charlotte Valori, 28 July 2014
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Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Norwich on 27 July 2014
Programme
Wagner, Tannhäuser (in German with English surtitles)
Performers
Theatre Freiburg
Fabrice Bollon, Conductor
Eva-Maria Höckmayr, Director
Dana Burasová, Elisabeth
Astrid Weber, Venus
Marius Vlad, Tannhäuser
Alejandro Lárraga Schleske, Wolfram von Eschenbach
Philharmonic Orchestra of Freiburg
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.