Agrippina meets Dynasty in Antwerp

Por Laura Servidei, 27 marzo 2017

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Crítica hecha desde Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Amberes el 25 marzo 2017

Handel, Agrippina

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Stefano Montanari, Dirección

Mariame Clément, Dirección de escena

Julia Hansen, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Ann Hallenberg, Agrippina

Renata Pokupić, Nerone

Ana Quintans, Poppea

Tim Mead, Ottone

Evgeny Solodovnikov, Lesbo

Bálint Szabó, Claudio

Toby Girling, Pallante

Jake Arditti, Narciso

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

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