An updated Margherita d'Anjou in Martina Franca

Por Pia Maltri, 04 agosto 2017

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Crítica hecha desde Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca el 2 agosto 2017

Meyerbeer, Margherita d'Anjou

Fabio Luisi, Dirección

Alessandro Talevi, Dirección de escena

Madeleine Boyd, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Giulia De Blasis, Margherita

Gaia Petrone, Isaura

Marco Filippo Romano, Michele Gamautte

Lorenzo Izzo, Bellapunta

Anton Rositskiy, Duca di Lavarenne

Laurence Meikle, Carlo Belmonte

Bastian Thomas Kohl, Riccardo, Orner

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.

Alessandro Talevi offers an updated Margherita d'Anjou at the Festival della Valle d'Itria