Alone and in love: Christoph Loy’s compelling new Onegin in Oslo

Por Aksel Tollåli, 18 febrero 2020

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“Audun Iversen was absolutely tremendous in the role of Onegin”

Crítica hecha desde Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo el 15 febrero 2020

Chaikovskiï, Eugene Onegin

Norwegian National Opera

Lothar Koenigs, Dirección

Christof Loy, Dirección de escena

Raimund Orfeo Voigt, Diseño de escena

Herbert Murauer, Diseño de vestuario

Audun Iversen, Eugene Onegin

Svetlana Aksenova, Tatyana

Tone Kummervold, Olga

Bogdan Volkov, Lensky

Robert Pomakov, Prince Gremin

Randi Stene, Madame Larina

Zaza Gagua, Captain

Marius Roth Christensen, Monsieur Triquet

Andreas Heise, Coreografía

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.

Alone and in love: Christoph Loy’s compelling new Eugene Onegin in Oslo