Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	9th October 2001
To	30th October 2001
When	Oct 9, 12, 17, 25, 30 at 18:30, Oct 20 at 18:00
Prices	From £16.00. To £120.00.
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Die Frau Ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow)

Work:: Die Frau Ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) (S02121129892)

When spirits enter the human world they can bring only ruin. The daughter of the King of the Spirits is barren - she is a woman without a shadow. Her father has threatened that if she doesn't cast a shadow before the end of the twelfth moon, her husband, the Emperor, will be turned to stone. Only a human woman can help her... An unhappy young wife, married to a poor dyer, is tempted by thoughts of a luxurious life, free from the numbing boredom and drudgery of her daily existence. All she has to do is give up her shadow. Die Frau ohne Schatten is a sublime operatic fantasy in which the lives of humans and spirits become ever more tragically intertwined.

Music	Richard Strauss
Lyrics	Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Production:: (T2040655338)

Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time 4 hours. Supported (1992) by The American Friends of Covent Garden and The Royal Ballet, Inc. There will be a BBC Radio 3 live broadcast on Saturday 20 October.

Company	Royal Opera
Director	John Cox
Design	David Hockney
Costume	Ian Falconer
Lighting	Craig Miller
Conductor	Christoph von Dohnanyi
Performer	Johan Botha (Emperor except Oct 25 / 30)
Performer	Glenn Winslade (Emperor Oct 25 / 30)
Performer	Deborah Voigt (Empress)
Performer	Alan Titus (Barak)
Performer	Gabriele Schnaut (Barak's wife)
Performer	Jane Henschel (Nurse)
Performer	Adrian Clarke (Barak's Brothers / One-Eyed Brother)
Performer	Graeme Broadbent (One-Armed Brother)
Performer	Peter Wedd (Hunchback Brother)
Performer	Christopher Booth-Jones (Spirit Messenger)
Performer	Gail Pearson (Voice of a Falcon)
Performer	Peter Auty (Apparition of a Youth)
Performer	Elizabeth Sikora (Voice from Above)
Performer	Jenny Grahn (Guardian of the Treshold)
Performer	Quentin Hayes (Nightwatchman)
Performer	Graeme Broadbent (Nightwatchman)
Performer	Adrian Clarke (Nightwatchman)

Listing:: L01875346009

Production details

Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time 4 hours. Supported (1992) by The American Friends of Covent Garden and The Royal Ballet, Inc. There will be a BBC Radio 3 live broadcast on Saturday 20 October.

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Special Performances

25 Oct 01 Sign Interpreted Wendy Ebsworth

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