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Barrie Kosky directs Die Perlen der Cleopatra in Berlin (***)

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Dagmar Manzel as Cleopatra © Iko Freeze

Author : Jos Hermans

When Oscar Straus still called himself Oscar Strauss -he had the s deleted in order to distinguish himself from the Strauss dynasty- and was studying with Max Bruch, he was shown the door by a hysterical Bruch: "I never want to see you again and I will curse you if you ever dare to make musical …

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