Lead us into temptation: Don Giovanni in Oslo

Por Aksel Tollåli, 05 septiembre 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo el 29 agosto 2015

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Norwegian National Opera

Antonino Fogliani, Dirección

Kevin Knight, Diseño de escena

Mattie Ullrich, Diseño de vestuario

Björn Bürger, Don Giovanni

Ann-Helen Moen, Donna Anna

Marita Sølberg, Donna Elvira

Kari Ulfsnes Kleiven, Zerlina

Marcell Bakonyi, Leporello

Magnus Staveland, Don Ottavio

Halvor F. Melien, Masetto

Jens-Erik Aasbø, The Commendatore

Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

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.