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Yekaterinburg's The Passenger: a hard hitting opera to stay in the memory

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“Thaddeus Strassberger’s new production makes us stare into the abyss from both sides”
Reviewed at Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yekaterinburg on 15 September 2016
Weinberg, The Passenger
Oliver von Dohnányi, Conductor
Thaddeus Strassberger, Director, Set Designer
Victoria "Vita" Tzykun, Costume Designer
Natalia Karlova, Marta
Nadezhda Babintseva, Lisa
Vladimir Cheberyak, Walter
Dmitri Starodubov, Tadeusz
Olga Tenyakova, Katya
Natalia Mokeeva, Ivette
Lyubov Shevchenko, Old woman
Ekaterina Neyzhmak, Krystyna
Irina Kulikovskaya, Vlasta
Alexandra Kulikova, Bronka
Tatyana Nikanorova, Hannah
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