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      face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=6>Le nozze di Figaro</A><BR><FONT color=#000000 

      face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=3><I>W.A. Mozart & L. DaPonte</I><BR><FONT color=#2E02B1 

      face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=5><B>The Norwegian National Opera</B><br><FONT color=#000000 

      face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=3>January 2010<br><br><TR><TD colspan=2><img src="img/nozze/nozze_logo.jpg"><br><br></td></TR></TABLE>


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<TR><TD><I>Director</I></TD><TD>Thaddeus Strassberger</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Scenic & Costume Design</I></TD><TD>Kevin Knight</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Lighting Design</I></TD><TD>Bruno Poet</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Conductor</I></TD><TD>Stefan Klingele</TD></TR>


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<TR><TD><I>Figaro</I></TD><TD>Yngve André Søberg</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Susanna</I></TD><TD>Mariann Fjeld Olsen</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Countess Almaviva</I></TD><TD>Solveig Kringlebotn</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Count Almaviva</I></TD><TD>Brett Polegato</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><I>Cherubino</I></TD><TD>Katija Dragojevic</TD></TR>


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<TR><TD colspan="2"> <font color=#ff4400 face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="5"><B>Magnificent!<br>

<br><font size="2" color=#000000></B>"It is fantastic that Norway now has an opera house that can accommodate such productions as this. The young American director Thaddeus Strassberger and set designer Kevin Knight have obviously been allowed to revel in the house's many scenic opportunities, and the result has been astounding." <br><br>


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 — Excerpt from <I>Aftenposten </I> -Ingrid Røynesdal<br><br>

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<TR><TD colspan="2"> <font color=#ff4400 face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="4"><B>Wonderful music and bright destinies in a compelling, Spanish framing<br>

<br><font size="2" color=#000000></B>"The director Thaddeus Strassberger captures this balance between rococo and realism. He amplifies conflicts with a high temperature between the people so that friction comes, and sometimes he inserts effective pauses where the silence is deafening." <br><br>


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 — Excerpt from <I>NRK</I> -Torkild Baden<br><br>

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