Nadja Michael: How I escaped East Germany

Nadja Michael: How I escaped East Germany

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norman lebrecht

November 09, 2019

The soprano has spoken for the first time about the risks she took to flee her country after being diagnosed with a suspected brain tumour.

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picture: Nadja as Kundry, 2015

Comments

  • Sue Sonata Form says:
    November 10, 2019 at 12:46 am

    Out from behind one Curtain to back behind another. So sad.

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    • Petros Linardos says:
      November 11, 2019 at 12:41 am

      No, this is not a sad story – only very scary. The tumor was apparently the reason behind her high risk escape from East Germany in July 1989, but hasn’t otherwise interfered with her health ever since.

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    • Sanity says:
      November 11, 2019 at 3:00 am

      You do understand that in this picture she is only wearing a costume, don’t you? For heaven’s sake, one cannot be that blind or stupid!!!

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