McVicar's Les Troyens arrives in San Francisco

Por Paul Selar, 15 junio 2015

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Crítica hecha desde War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco el 12 junio 2015

Berlioz, Les Troyens

San Francisco Opera

Sir Donald Runnicles, Dirección

Sir David McVicar, Dirección de escena

Moritz Junge, Diseño de vestuario

Es Devlin, Diseño de escena

Sasha Cooke, Anna

Michaela Martens, Cassandre

Susan Graham, Didon

Buffy Baggott, Hecuba

Bryan Hymel, Énée

René Barbera, Iopas

Brian Mulligan, Chorèbe

Christian Van Horn, Narbal

Philip Skinner, Priam

San Francisco Opera Orchestra

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Paul Selar

Also known as 'OperaChaser', Paul's passion for attending opera in performance spans 30 years. With a background in architecture and an unstoppable need to travel, Paul's foray into the world of reviewing started as Opera Australia's inaugural Critic-in-Training. He currently blogs at operachaser.blogspot.com.au.

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