Franco Alfano's Risurrezione brought to life

Von Pia Maltri, 23 Oktober 2017

Laden, bitte warten...

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, am 21 Oktober 2017

Alfano, Risurrezione

Wexford Festival Opera

Francesco Cilluffo, Musikalische Leitung

Rosetta Cucchi, Regie

Tiziano Santi, Bühnenbild

Claudia Pernigotti, Kostüme

Gerard Schneider, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Nehlyudov

Anne-Sophie Duprels, Katerina Mihaylovna

Romina Tommasoni, Anna

Louise Innes, Sofia Ivanovna

Charles Rice, Simonson Ivanovich

Veta Pilipenko, Korablyova

Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera

Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.

Franco Alfano's Risurrezione brought to life by Wexford Festival Opera