Too many doors: Don Giovanni in Oslo

Por Aksel Tollåli, 06 junio 2018

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“Heading the cast was Johannes Weisser’s sultry, bordering on lecherous, Don”

Crítica hecha desde Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo el 29 mayo 2018

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Norwegian National Opera

Christopher Moulds, Dirección

Richard Jones, Dirección de escena

Paul Steinberg, Diseño de escena

Nicky Gillibrand, Diseño de vestuario

Johannes Weisser, Don Giovanni

Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Leporello

Birgitte Christensen, Donna Anna

Marita Sølberg, Donna Elvira

Caroline Wettergreen, Zerlina

Jens-Erik Aasbø, The Commendatore

Anthony Gregory, Don Ottavio

Martin Hatlo, Masetto

Joe Austin, Director de reposición

Norwegian National Opera Chorus

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.

Too many doors: an occasionally inert, but well-sung Don Giovanni in Oslo