Iconic Turandot production returns to Opera Australia

Por Zoltán Szabó, 15 enero 2022

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“Renato Palumbo conducted his musicians, singers and soloists with empathy and an assured focus”

Crítica hecha desde Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sídney el 12 enero 2022

Puccini, Turandot

Opera Australia

Renato Palumbo, Dirección

Leonardo Sini, Dirección

Graeme Murphy, Dirección de escena

Kristian Fredrikson, Diseño de escena

John Drummond Montgomery, Diseño de iluminación

Opera Australia Orchestra

Opera Australia Chorus

Shane Placentino, Dirección de escena

Karah Son, Liù

Mariana Hong, Liù

Lise Lindstrom, Turandot

Anna-Louise Cole, Turandot

Yonghoon Lee, Calaf

Ivan Gyngazov, Calaf

David Parkin, Timur

Dean Bassett, Emperor Altoum, The Prince of Persia

Iain Henderson, Pang

Virgilio Marino, Pong

Alexander Sefton, Mandarin

Luke Gabbedy, Ping

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

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