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Franco Fagioli, un Ariodante tocado por los Dioses

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 18 November 2022
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Reviewed at Teatro Colon, La Coruña on 9 November 2022
Programme
Handel, Ariodante (Versión de concierto)
Performers
George Petrou, Conductor
Il Pomo d'Oro
Franco Fagioli, Ariodante
Mélissa Petit, Ginevra
Sarah Gilford, Dalinda
Luciana Mancini, Polinesso
Alex Rosen, King of Scotland
Nicholas Phan, Lurcanio
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Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro
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.