La esencia de La bohème emociona en el Palacio de la Ópera

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 13 September 2024

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Reviewed at Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña on 8 September 2024

Puccini, La bohème

José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, Conductor

Danilo Coppola, Director

Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Coro Gaos

Miren Urbieta-Vega, Mimì

Helena Abad, Musetta

Celso Albelo, Rodolfo

Massimo Cavalletti, Marcello

Pablo Carballido, Parpignol

Manuel Mas, Schaunard

Matteo Peirone, Alcindoro, Benoît

Simón Orfila, Colline

Jacobo Rubianes, Customs Officer

Fernando Briones, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Eleanor Knight, 4th June

Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.

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Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener's “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney's production.

***11

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David Karlin, 2nd June

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****1

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Eleanor Knight, 30th May

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Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro es un apasionado de toda la música clásica, pero muy especialmente de la obra y de la personalidad de Gustav Mahler. Su estudio y su disfrute han llenado y llenan su vida, hasta el punto de que una autoridad como José Luis Pérez de Arteaga lo ha calificado como "fabuloso estudioso mahleriano". Actualmente es coeditor de la principal web en castellano dedicada a dicho compositor (gustav-mahler.es). Profesionalmente, enseña e investiga neuroanatomía animal en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.