Festspielzauber im Industrial Design: Il trovatore in München

Vittorio Grigolo (Manrico) und Marina Rebeka (Leonora)

Il trovatore

Vittorio Grigolo (Manrico)

Marina Rebeka (Leonora) und Erika Baikoff (Ines)

By Isabella Steppan, 01 July 2024

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“ein wahres Stimmfeuerwerk”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 29 June 2024

Verdi, Il trovatore

Bavarian State Opera

Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Conductor

Olivier Py, Director

Pierre-André Weitz, Set Designer

Bertrand Killy, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

George Petean, Il conte di Luna

Marina Rebeka, Leonora

Yulia Matochkina, Azucena

Vittorio Grigolo, Manrico

Tareq Nazmi, Ferrando

Erika Baikoff, Ines

Granit Musliu, Ruiz

Nikita Volkov, An old gipsy

Aleksey Kursanov, A messenger

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Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.

Festspielzauber im Industrial Design: Il trovatore an der Bayerischen Staatsoper