Lear in Munich: brilliant performance, but lifelessly staged

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 01 June 2021

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 30 May 2021

Reimann, Lear

Bavarian State Opera

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Conductor

Christoph Marthaler, Director

Anna Viebrock, Set Designer

Dorothee Curio, Costume Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Malte Ubenauf, Dramaturgy

Benedikt Stampfli, Dramaturgy

Christian Gerhaher, Lear

Angela Denoke, Goneril

Aušrinė Stundytė, Regan

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Cordelia

Ivan Ludlow, Duke of Albany

Michael Colvin, Duke of Cornwall

Christian Rieger, King of France

Georg Nigl, Earl of Gloucester

Andrew Watts, Edgar

Matthias Klink, Edmund

Brenden Gunnell, Earl of Kent

James Ley, Servant

Graham F. Valentine, Fool

Stellario Fagone, Choirmaster / chorus director

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

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Elodie Olson-Coons

Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.

Lear in Munich: brilliant performance, but lifelessly staged by Christoph Marthaler