West Side Story in Kansas City: Broadway flair meets opera style

Por Hilary Stroh, 23 septiembre 2018

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“Zambello refuses to make things quaintly antiquated”

Crítica hecha desde Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City el 22 septiembre 2018

Bernstein, West Side Story

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

David Charles Abell, Dirección

Francesca Zambello, Dirección de escena

Peter J. Davison, Diseño de escena

Jessica Jahn, Diseño de vestuario

Vanessa Becerra, Maria

Andrew Bidlack, Tony

Gabrielle McClinton, Anita

DJ Petrosino, Bernardo

Brian Vu, Riff

J Robert Paisley, Doc

Sicily Mathenia, Rosalia

Julio Monge, Coreografía

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.