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An effectively unsettling The Emperor of Atlantis at Oper Köln

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“a powerfully dramatic work that showed off the house’s first-rate singers”
Reviewed at Außenspielstätte am Offenbachplatz, Cologne on 2 March 2018
Ullmann, The Emperor of Atlantis (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)
Oper Köln
Rainer Mühlbach, Conductor
Eike Ecker, Director
Darko Petrovic, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Nikolay Borchev, Emperor Overall
Lucas Singer, Death, Loudspeaker
Claudia Rohrbach, Bubikopf
Judith Thielsen, Drummer
Martin Koch, Harlequin
Dino Lüthy, Soldier
Gürzenich Orchestra
Andreas Grüter, Lighting Designer
Tanja Fasching, Dramaturgy
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