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The Nose, op. 15, Shostakovich
D: Herbert Fritsch
C: Clemens Heil
One is drawn into a sound experience by many surprising influences from various musical styles.

Herbert Fritsch , known for his colorful and extremely lively productions, makes all the actors appear like puppets in constant motion and demands everything from the singers. There is hardly a moment when there aren't exaggerated gestures and constant jumping, twitching and grimacing. Everything looks extremely abstract. This may have some entertainment value, but over time it just becomes too much.

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30 November 2021opernmagazin.deMarco Stücklin
One is drawn into a sound experience by many surprising influences from various musical styles.

Herbert Fritsch , known for his colorful and extremely lively productions, makes all the actors appear like puppets in constant motion and demands everything from the singers. There is hardly a moment when there aren't exaggerated gestures and constant jumping, twitching and grimacing. Everything looks extremely abstract. This may have some entertainment value, but over time it just becomes too much.

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30 November 2021opernmagazin.deMarco Stücklin
Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Barry
D: Antony McDonald
C: Thomas Adès
We were all in Wonderland! Gerald Barry's Alice Adventures Under Ground is a joyous, hour-long opera that will delight audiences of all ages

And the singers have to be versatile; for instance, the accomplished British baritone Mark Stone (who will be performing Wotan in Norway next month) has to sing ‘The White Knight, The Cheshire Cat, a Soldier, Bottle 3, Cake 3, Baby 3, Oyster 3, Passenger 5, and Daisy 3’

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08 February 2020www.dailymail.co.ukDavid Mellor