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Grantscherben in Pluderhosen: Carlos Álvarez als Falstaff an der Wiener Staatsoper

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“Álvarez zeigte... einen guten Schuss an geradezu wienerischem Grant und Geraunze”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 25 January 2019
Verdi, Falstaff
Vienna State Opera
James Conlon, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Charles Edwards, Set Designer
Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer
Carlos Álvarez, Sir John Falstaff
Olga Bezsmertna, Alice Ford
Sir Simon Keenlyside, Ford
Jinxu Xiahou, Fenton
Hila Fahima, Nannetta
Monika Bohinec, Mistress Quickly
Margaret Plummer, Meg Page
Herwig Pecoraro, Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Michael Laurenz, Dr Caius
Ryan Speedo Green, Pistola (Pistol)
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