A mixed bag from the Jette Parker Young Artists at the Royal Opera House

Por Roger Smith, 03 julio 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 30 junio 2013

Mozart, La flauta mágica (Die Zauberflöte) (extract)

Donizetti, Anna Bolena (extract)

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore (extract)

Mozart, Escena y rondó para soprano, "Ch'io mi scordi di te?", K505

Puccini, La rondine

Chaikovskiï, Eugene Onegin (extract)

Puccini, La rondine (extract)

Paul Wingfield, Dirección

Dusica Bijelic, Pamina, Tatyana, Lisette

Susana Gaspar, Soprano, Adina, Magda

Hanna Hipp, Mezzosoprano, Olga

Justina Gringytė, Mezzosoprano, Giovanna

Pablo Bemsch, Monostatos, Nemorino, Lensky, Ruggero

David Butt Philip, Tamino, Prunier

Michel de Souza, Papageno, Barítono

David Syrus, Dirección

Jihoon Kim, Enrico, Rambaldo

Helen Nicholas, Teclado, Piano

Michele Gamba, Dirección

Ashley Riches, Eugene Onegin, Bajo

Pedro Ribeiro, Dirección musical

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.