A roof-raising Ernani in Palermo

Por Mark Pullinger, 27 febrero 2021

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“Buratto sang the treacherous 'Ernani, Ernani, involami' with great control and a finely spun legato”

Crítica hecha desde Teatro Massimo, Palermo el 26 febrero 2021

Verdi, Ernani

Teatro Massimo

Omer Meir Wellber, Dirección

Ludovico Rajata, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

Francesco Zito, Diseño de vestuario

Giuseppe di Iorio, Diseño de iluminación

Giorgio Berrugi, Ernani

Eleonora Buratto, Elvira

Simone Piazzola, Don Carlo

Michele Pertusi, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Irene Savignano, Giovanna

Carlo Bosi, Don Riccardo

Andrea Pellegrini, Jago

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.