Highly uplifting Missa solemnis at La Scala

Por James Imam, 26 junio 2017

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“What is it that Haitink does in rehearsals to draw such improbably inspired performances?”

Crítica hecha desde Teatro alla Scala, Milán el 23 junio 2017

Beethoven, Missa solemnis en re mayor, Op.123

Bernard Haitink, Dirección

Camilla Tilling, Soprano

Gerhild Romberger, Mezzosoprano

Peter Sonn, Tenor

Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Barítono

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Highly uplifting: Haitink conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis at La Scala