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Requiem for a bicycle

Requiem for a bicycle

Calixto Bieito directs The Fiery Angel in Madrid ****

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Apr 08, 2022
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Ausrine Stundyte as Renata © Javier del Real |Teatro Real

Author : Jos Hermans

The most fascinating thing about Prokofiev's ‘The Fiery Angel’ is the elusiveness of the female protagonist Renata, of whom we only know that she was possibly sexually abused as a child. As a teenager she has taken up an unbridled, erotic obsession with Madiel, the ‘Fiery Angel…

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