The eternal optimist: Grigolo’s Hoffmann

Por Robert Levine, 14 enero 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nueva York el 12 enero 2015

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Metropolitan Opera

Yves Abel, Dirección

Bartlett Sher, Dirección de escena

Catherine Zuber, Diseño de vestuario

Michael Yeargan, Diseño de escena

Hibla Gerzmava, Antonia

Erin Morley, Olympia

Christine Rice, Giulietta

Vittorio Grigolo, Hoffmann

Thomas Hampson, Lindorf

Kate Lindsey, The Muse

Tony Stevenson, Frantz

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Robert Levine

Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.

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