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Diana Damrau begeistert in Essen als Lucia di Lammermoor

By Christine Arnold, 30 May 2016
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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen on 29 May 2016
Programme
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
Diana Damrau, Lucia
Piero Pretti, Edgardo
Gabriele Viviani, Enrico
Daniela Valdenassi, Alisa
Francesco Marsiglia, Arturo
Luca Casalin, Normanno
Nicolas Testé, Raimondo
Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
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Christine Arnold
Christine Arnold
Christine studied musicology and dance science in Salzburg and Newcastle. After her Bachelor degree she is now proceeding her studies in musicology and the piano as minor subject at the Folkwang Universität in Essen.