A blithely-polished Falstaff in Milan

Por Courtney Smith, 16 octubre 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Teatro alla Scala, Milán el 14 octubre 2015

Verdi, Falstaff

Teatro alla Scala

Daniele Gatti, Dirección

Robert Carsen, Dirección de escena

Paul Steinberg, Diseño de escena

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Diseño de vestuario

Eva Mei, Alice Ford

Eva Liebau, Nannetta

Laura Polverelli, Meg Page

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Mistress Quickly

Massimo Cavalletti, Ford

Nicola Alaimo, Sir John Falstaff

Francesco Demuro, Fenton

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Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith is an American freelance journalist living in Milan, Italy. On classical music and opera, she's written for the BBC Music Magazine, Opera Now, Opera News, Corriere della Sera Style Magazine, Auditorium, Limelight and Classical Singer. She's written in-house for classical music organizations such as The New York Philharmonic and the Royal Opera House's blog. On luxury, fashion and beauty, she's written for The Wall Street Journal, Women's Wear Daily, Grazia.it and W Magazine's Editors' Blog. She's written in-house for brands such as Calvin Klein.

Daniele Gatti and Robert Carsen tout a blithely-polished Falstaff