The present and the future of opera: JPYA summer performance

Por Kevin W Ng, 17 julio 2021

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“a vehicle for soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, whose luminous spinto promises a Verdian star”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 17 julio 2021

Verdi, Don Carlo (excerpts)

Verdi, Falstaff (Act 1, scene 2)

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia (excerpt)

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette

The Royal Opera

Michael Papadopoulos, Dirección

Sir Mark Elder, Dirección

Blaise Malaba, Filippo II, Pistola (Pistol), Bajo-barítono

Andrés Presno, Don Carlo, Dr Caius, Tenor

Gyula Nagy, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa, Ford, Barítono

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Elisabetta di Valois , Alice Ford, Soprano

Kseniia Nikolaieva, La Principessa Eboli, Mistress Quickly, Mezzosoprano

Alexandra Lowe, Tebaldo, Nannetta, Juliette, Soprano

Filipe Manu, Fenton, Gennaro, Tenor

Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Meg Page, Maffio Orsini, Mezzosoprano

Egor Zhuravskii, Bardolfo (Bardolph), Roméo, Tenor

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.

The present and the future of opera: JPYA summer performance at Covent Garden