Hugo Shirley

The Royal Opera House’s Die Frau ohne Schatten – a dream solution to Strauss’s problem opera?

Conductor and cast deliver near ideal performances but the staging needed more focus

Emily Magee as Empress; Johan Botha as Emperor © ROH / Clive Barda
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