Grigolo and DiDonato light up the Royal Opera's Werther

Por David Karlin, 19 junio 2016

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 19 junio 2016

Massenet, Werther

The Royal Opera

Sir Antonio Pappano, Dirección

Benoît Jacquot, Dirección de escena

Charles Edwards, Diseño de escena

Christian Gasc, Diseño de vestuario

Vittorio Grigolo, Werther

Joyce DiDonato, Charlotte

David Bižić, Albert

Heather Engebretson, Sophie

Jonathan Summers, Le Bailli

François Piolino, Schmidt

Yuriy Yurchuk, Johann

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.