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Barak – but not Obama – enthralls Berlin !!

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Berlin  13-12-2009

Barak, the dyer or tanner, is the actual hero of Richard Strauss’s masterpiece opera, ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’ which the Deutsche Oper staged yesterday evening in Berlin.

This last performance of the opera for the 2009/2010 season was conducted by Axel Kober, with vocal soloists Robert Brubaker, Manuela Uhl, Jane Henschel, Eva Johansson and Johan Reuter as Barak.

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Berlin’s modern version of Mozart’s opera – Cosi fan tutte – extended til January

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Mozart’s comic opera –  Così fan Tutte – a complex love story about the alleged fickleness of women  has gotten a modern make-over in a recent production in Berlin called “Così fan Tutte: Sex, Lies & TV”. Christoph Hagel, the director, has Mozart‘s turbulent comedy take place inside a former night club in Berlin, and the opera gets modern television type of treatment.

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