Verdi's Attila returns to San Francisco… with a vengeance!

Por Jeffery S. McMillan, 18 junio 2012

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Crítica hecha desde War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco el 12 junio 2012

Verdi, Attila

San Francisco Opera

Nicola Luisotti, Dirección

Gabriele Lavia, Dirección de escena

Alessandro Camera, Diseño de escena

Ferruccio Furlanetto, Attila

Lucrecia Garcia, Odabella

Diego Torre, Foresto

Quinn Kelsey, Ezio

Samuel Ramey, Leone

Nathaniel Peake, Uldino

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Jeffery S. McMillan

Jeffery holds an MA in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers University and spent ten years as an archivist for the Metropolitan Opera, where he helped develop the MetOpera Database. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and writes about opera and jazz for publications including Opera News and Musical America.