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Regietheater reigns supreme in Calixto Bieito's Lohengrin at Staatsoper Berlin

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“a palpable sense of fear lingers on Bieito's stage”
Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 13 December 2020
Wagner, Lohengrin
Staatsoper Berlin
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor
Calixto Bieito, Director
Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer
Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer
Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer
Bettina Auer, Dramaturgy
Jana Beckmann, Dramaturgy
Roberto Alagna, Lohengrin
Ekaterina Gubanova, Ortrud
René Pape, Heinrich der Vogler
Martin Gantner, Friedrich von Telramund
Vida Miknevičiūtė, Elsa von Brabant
Adam Kutny, The King's Herald
Martin Wright, Choirmaster / chorus director
Staatsopernchor Berlin
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