Rossini's The Touchstone triumphs at Wolf Trap

Por Hilary Stroh, 24 junio 2017

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“The purist bowed before a funkier sense of aptness”

Crítica hecha desde Wolf Trap, Viena el 23 junio 2017

Rossini, La Pietra del paragone

Wolf Trap Opera

Antony Walker, Dirección

E Loren Meeker, Dirección de escena

Erhard Rom, Diseño de escena

Erik Teague, Diseño de vestuario

Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Baroness Aspasia

Zoie Reams, Clarice

Summer Hassan, Donna Fulvia

Alasdair Kent, Giocondo

Kihun Yoon, Macrobio

Richard Ollarsaba, Counst Asdrubale

Anthony Schneider, Fabrizio

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.