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...Burkhard Fritz is impassioned to the point of self-destruction as Waldemar, Emily Magee gives the role of Tove an opulent polish, Anna Larsson’s wood-dove is sheer luxury, and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke...
...As it is, Magee never has a chance, all her subtleties lost beneath a flood of orchestral sound....
...Emily Magee gives her considerable all in the real title role, but she never musters quite the magnetic allure that Carsen has evidently envisaged for the part....
...The strongest impact comes from the performances of Roberto Saccà as the shepherd Manolios, chosen to play Christ, and Emily Magee as Katerina, village whore and Mary Magdalene....
...Emily Magee’s princess is voluptuous, irresistible and nasty, Birgit Remmert’s Ježibaba is compelling, Alan Held makes the water goblin an extraordinarily poignant figure....
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