Christine Goerke and The Met Chorus dominate Turandot

Par David Wolfson, 10 octobre 2019

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Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 9 octobre 2019

Puccini, Turandot

Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Direction

Franco Zeffirelli, Mise en scène, Décors

Anna Anni, Costumes

Christine Goerke, Turandot

Yusif Eyvazov, Calaf

Eleonora Buratto, Liù

James Morris, Timur

Carlo Bosi, Empereur Altoum

Alexey Lavrov, Ping

Tony Stevenson, Pang

Eduardo Valdes, Pong

Javier Arrey, Mandarin

Gil Wechsler, Lumières

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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David Wolfson

David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.