Angel Blue impresses in her Met debut in an enthralling Bohème

Por Vishnu Bachani, 08 octubre 2017

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Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nueva York el 6 octubre 2017

Puccini, La bohème

Metropolitan Opera

Alexander Soddy, Dirección

Marco Armiliato, Dirección

Franco Zeffirelli, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

Peter J. Hall, Diseño de vestuario

Angel Blue, Mimì

Dmytro Popov, Rodolfo

Lucas Meachem, Marcello

Brigitta Kele, Musetta

Duncan Rock, Schaunard

David Soar, Colline

Paul Plishka, Benoît, Alcindoro

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Vishnu Bachani

Dividing his time between New York and London, Vishnu Bachani is a recent graduate of New York University in mathematics and music. Interested in tonal music theory and analysis, he has written for The Bruckner Journal and New York Classical Review and has completed analytical research on music ranging from Wagner and Bruckner to Radiohead and Massive Attack, which he regularly posts on his website. Some cherished musicians include J.S. Bach, Gustav Mahler, and Meshuggah.