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The Electrification of the Soviet Union, 02 September 1988
The Opera
Venue: Hebbel-Theater, Berlin
Composer: Nigel Osborne
Librettist: Craig Raine
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: Das Rias-Jugendorchester
Cast
Boris Pasternak: Henry Herford
Serezha Spectorsky: Omar Ebrahim
Lemokh: Jonathan Veira
Frestln: Philip O'Reilly
Sashka's Husband: Philip O'Reilly
Fardybassov: Wout Oosterkamp
Ticket Collector: Wout Oosterkamp
Frestln Servant: Wout Oosterkamp
Anna Arild: Elizabeth Laurence
Sashka: Christine Bunning
Mrs Frestln: Penelope Walmsley-Clark
Natasha: Hyacinth Nicholls
Harry Frestln: Jamie Gates
Natasha's Child: Kate Benjamin
Natasha's Child: Clair Tutton
Natasha's Child: Kerry Barker
Production Team
Original Director: Peter Sellars
Associate Director: Stephen Medcalf
Set Designer: George Tsypin
Costume Designer: Duna Ramicova
Lighting Designer: James F Ingalls
Sound Projection: John Whiting
The Opera
Venue: Hebbel-Theater, Berlin
Composer: Nigel Osborne
Librettist: Craig Raine
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: Das Rias-Jugendorchester
Cast
Boris Pasternak: Henry Herford
Serezha Spectorsky: Omar Ebrahim
Lemokh: Jonathan Veira
Frestln: Philip O'Reilly
Sashka's Husband: Philip O'Reilly
Fardybassov: Wout Oosterkamp
Ticket Collector: Wout Oosterkamp
Frestln Servant: Wout Oosterkamp
Anna Arild: Elizabeth Laurence
Sashka: Christine Bunning
Mrs Frestln: Penelope Walmsley-Clark
Natasha: Hyacinth Nicholls
Harry Frestln: Jamie Gates
Natasha's Child: Kate Benjamin
Natasha's Child: Clair Tutton
Natasha's Child: Kerry Barker
Production Team
Original Director: Peter Sellars
Associate Director: Stephen Medcalf
Set Designer: George Tsypin
Costume Designer: Duna Ramicova
Lighting Designer: James F Ingalls
Sound Projection: John Whiting