Eine Feier im kleinen Kreis: Le nozze di Figaro in Wien

By Isabella Steppan, 01 December 2020

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“die Musiker balancierten... zwischen fröhlicher Heiterkeit und menschlichen Abgründen”

Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 29 November 2020

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

MusikTheater an der Wien

Stefan Gottfried, Conductor

Alfred Dorfer, Director

Christian Andre Tabakoff, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Benedikt Zehm, Lighting Designer

Florian Boesch, Count Almaviva

Cristina Pasaroiu, Countess Almaviva

Robert Gleadow, Figaro

Giulia Semenzato, Susanna

Patricia Nolz, Cherubino

Maurizio Muraro, Doctor Bartolo

Enkelejda Shkoza, Marcellina

Johannes Bamberger, Don Curzio

Andrew Owens, Don Basilio

Ivan Zinoviev, Antonio

Ekin Su Paker, Barbarina

Kateryna Sokolova, Director

Erwin Ortner, Choirmaster / chorus director

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

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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.

Eine Feier im kleinen Kreis: Le nozze di Figaro am Theater an der Wien