Entzauberte Armida am Theater an der Wien

By Maurice Chales de Beaulieu, 22 February 2018

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Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 21 February 2018

Haydn, Armida (in concert)

MusikTheater an der Wien

René Jacobs, Conductor

Birgitte Christensen, Armida

Thomas Walker, Rinaldo

Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Ubaldo

Robin Johannsen, Zelmira

Magnus Staveland, Clotarco

Riccardo Novaro, Idreno

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Maurice Chales de Beaulieu

Nach dem Abitur am Arndt-Gymnasium Dahlem in Berlin folgte das Magisterstudium der Musikwissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Freien Universität Berlin, Technischen Universität Berlin sowie der Università degli Studi Ca‘ Foscari in Venedig. 2011 Abschluss mit einer Arbeit über Paisiellos Il re Teodoro in Venezia. Im Anschluss Promotionsstudium in Wien über die Wiener Drammi eroicomici zwischen 1770 und 1800.

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