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unusual facts about Hans Neuenfels


2006 Idomeneo controversy

The Idomeneo production, directed by Hans Neuenfels, shows King Idomeneo staggering on stage carrying a bag of the severed heads of Neptune, Jesus, Buddha and Muhammad and placing each on chairs; a departure from the libretto, in which the action is set in the aftermath of the Trojan War.


Medea in Corinto

Nadja Michael, Ramón Vargas, Alastair Miles, Alek Shrader, Elena Tsallagova, Bayerische Staatsoper, conducted by Ivor Bolton, stage directed by Hans Neuenfels (Arthaus DVD, 2010)


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