La metamorfosis de Madama Butterfly en la voz de Voulgaridou

By Irene Littfack, 17 March 2019

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“la protagonista se consagró como una Butterfly sobrecogedoramente expresiva”

Reviewed at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá on 15 March 2019

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Rodolfo Fischer, Conductor

Alejandro Chacón, Director

Liliana Duque, Set Designer

Adán Martínez, Costume Designer

Alexia Voulgaridou, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

César Augusto Gutiérrez, Pinkerton

Marcelo Guzzo, Sharpless

Asude Karayavuz, Suzuki

Fusión Filarmónica Juvenil

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Irene Littfack

Músico y periodista cultural colombiana formada en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana y magíster en Diseño de espacios y experiencias culturales de la Escuela Superior de Diseño de Barcelona. Es cofundadora y periodista de la plataforma de periodismo musical Concertante, colabora frecuentemente con distintos medios especializados de Colombia y España y dedica su tiempo a la escritura y los podcasts en torno a la música.