Diana Damrau glänzt in Essener Lucia

By Christine Arnold, 30 May 2016

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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen on 29 May 2016

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

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 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.

Diana Damrau begeistert in Essen als Lucia di Lammermoor