Evil under the sun: Hymel triumphs in Cav and Pag

Por David Karlin, 03 diciembre 2017

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“it's the level of detail in the staging that makes this such a winner”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 2 diciembre 2017

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci

The Royal Opera

Daniel Oren, Dirección

Damiano Michieletto, Dirección de escena

Paolo Fantin, Diseño de escena

Carla Teti, Diseño de vestuario

Elīna Garanča, Santuzza

Bryan Hymel, Turiddu, Canio

Elena Zilio, Mamma Lucia

Mark S Doss, Alfio

Martina Belli, Lola

Carmen Giannattasio, Nedda

Sir Simon Keenlyside, Tonio

Luis Gomes, Beppe

Andrzej Filończyk, Silvio

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Rodula Gaitanou, Director de reposición

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Evil under the sun: Hymel triumphs in Cav and Pag at Covent Garden