Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco

Por Paul Selar, 18 junio 2015

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“mixed media images of war footage... drench the stage and proscenium scrim”

Crítica hecha desde War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco el 13 junio 2015

Tutino, La Ciociara (Two Women)

San Francisco Opera

Nicola Luisotti, Dirección

Francesca Zambello, Dirección de escena

Jess Goldstein, Diseño de vestuario

Peter J. Davison, Diseño de escena

Sarah Shafer, Rosetta

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Cesira

Dimitri Pittas, Michele

Mark Delavan, Giovanni

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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.

Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco: multi-media heavy, but worth investigating