An emotionally powerful Orfeo in Amsterdam

Par Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 05 septembre 2014

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Critique faite à Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, le 3 septembre 2014

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orphée), SV318

Dutch National Opera

Pablo Heras-Casado, Direction

Sasha Waltz, Mise en scène

Beate Borrmann, Costumes

Alexander Schwarz, Décors

Anna Lucia Richter, Euridice, La musica

Charlotte Hellekant, La messaggiera, La speranza

Luciana Mancini, Proserpina

Georg Nigl, Orfeo

Julián Millán, Apollon

Douglas Williams, Caronte

Konstantin Wolff, Plutone

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Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Rosemary Carlton-Willis is a soprano based in the Netherlands. She has one masters degree in Music (Historical Performance) from the University of York, and a second in Singing from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied in both the Classical and Early Music departments. She has worked for the York Early Music Festival, the National Centre for Early Music and the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall.