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Berlin becomes the Emerald City as The Wizard of Oz arrives at Komische Oper

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“It is stage director’s Felix Seiler’s show”
Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 28 October 2018
Valtinoni, The Wizard of Oz
Ivo Hentschel, Conductor
Felix Seiler, Director
Nikolaus Webern, Set Designer
Linda Schnabel, Costume Designer
Alma Sadé, Dorothy
Christoph Späth, Die Vogelscheuche (The Scarecrow)
Tom Erik Lie, Der Blechmann (The Tin Man)
Carsten Sabrowski, Der feige Löwe (The Cowardly Lion)
Mirka Wagner, Die gute Hexe des Nordens/ Die gute Hexe des Südens (The Good Witch of the North/South)
Christiane Oertel, Die böse Hexe des Westens (The Wicked Witch of the West)
Karsten Küsters, Der Zauberer von Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
Kati Farkas, Choreography
Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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