Una batuta que mima a Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri en el Liceu

By Javier del Olivo, 16 December 2018

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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 15 December 2018

Rossini, L'italiana in Algeri

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Riccardo Frizza, Conductor

Vittorio Borrelli, Director

Claudia Boasso, Set Designer

Santuzza Calì, Costume Designer

Varduhi Abrahamyan, Isabella

Maxim Mironov, Lindoro

Luca Pisaroni, Mustafà

Giorgio Caoduro, Taddeo

Sara Blanch, Elvira

Lidia Vinyes Curtis, Zulma

Toni Marsol, Haly

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Javier del Olivo

Nacido en Calatayud, vive ahora en la capital de la provincia, Zaragoza, donde ejerce su profesión de maestro en un Centro de Educación de Adultos. Gran aficionado a la música clásica y especialmente a la ópera, lector incansable sobre estos temas, lleva más de veinte años haciendo críticas musicales para distintas revistas especializadas. También ha publicado artículos y reseñas de libros de temática musical. Su interés está en difundir y compartir con los lectores de sus escritos toda la belleza y la grandeza que encierra la Música.