Eine noble Lucrezia Borgia beendet den Festspielsommer in Salzburg

By Daniel Url, 28 August 2017

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Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 27 August 2017

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia (Concert performance)

Marco Armiliato, Conductor

Krassimira Stoyanova, Lucrezia Borgia

Teresa Iervolino, Maffio Orsini

Gordon Bintner, Astolfo

Juan Diego Flórez, Gennaro

Andrew Haji, Rustighello

Ildar Abdrazakov, Duke Alfonso

Mingjie Lei, Jeppo Liverotto

Gleb Periazev, Don Apostolo Gazella

Andrzej Filończyk, Gubetta

Ilker Arcayürek, Oloferno Vitellozzo

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Daniel Url

Daniel Url hat Musik- & Tanzwissenschaft in Salzburg und Trondheim (Norwegen) studiert. Sein Hauptinteresse gilt der Oper (besonders Wagner und Strauss) und Gesang im Allgemeinen, aber auch großen sinfonischen Werken. Auf der Suche nach der perfekten Opernaufführung durchstreift er regelmäßig die großen Opernhäuser des gesamten deutschsprachigen Raums.