Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	14th March 2014
To	2nd April 2014
When	Mar 14, 17, 20, 26, 29, Apr 2 at 18:00. Mar 23 Mat 15:00
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
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Date of change: 31 Jan 14 - T311478783
Date of change: 13 Jun 13 - T311478783

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:: (T311478783)

Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time: 4hrs (inclu. two intervals)

Producer	Royal Opera
Producer	La Scala Milan
Director	Claus Guth
Design	Christian Schmidt
Lighting	Olaf Winter
Design	Andi Muller (video)
Dramaturg	Ronny Dietrich
Conductor	Semyon Bychkov
Performer	Emily Magee (Empress)
Performer	Michaela Schuster (Nurse)
Performer	Elena Pankratova (Barak's wife)
Performer	Johan Botha (Emperor)
Performer	Johan Reuter (Barak)
Performer	Jeremy White (One-Armed Brother)
Performer	Hubert Francis (Hunchback Brother)
Performer	Adrian Clarke (One-Eyed Brother)
Performer	Ashley Holland (Spirit Messenger)
Performer	Anush Hovhannisyan (Voice of the Falcon)
Performer	Dusica Bijelic (Guardian of the Threshold)
Performer	Catherine Carby (Voice from Above)
Performer	Andrew Rees (Apparition of a Youth)
Performer	Michel de Souza (First Nightwatchman)
Performer	Jihoon Kim (Second Nightwatchman)
Performer	Ana James (Voice of Unborn Child)
Performer	Kiandra Howarth (Voice of Unborn Child)
Performer	Nadezhda Karyazina (Voice of Unborn Child)

Listing:: L0426803530

Production details

Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time: 4hrs (inclu. two intervals)

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