Unbounded excitement for new Lucia

By Benedikt Zacher, 03 February 2015

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“Damrau sang as if she came from a different planet.”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 1 February 2015

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

Bavarian State Opera

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Barbara Wysocka, Director

Barbara Hanicka, Set Designer

Julia Kornacka, Costume Designer

Diana Damrau, Lucia

Pavol Breslik, Edgardo

Dalibor Jenis, Enrico

Luca Salsi, Enrico

Rachael Wilson, Alisa

Emanuele D'Aguanno, Arturo

Francesco Petrozzi, Normanno

Georg Zeppenfeld, Raimondo

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Stellario Fagone, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Benedikt Zacher

Benedikt hat in München Musik und Jura studiert und dann an der LSE einen MSc in Global Market Economics erworben. Er spielt nach wie vor regelmäßig und begeistert Kammermusik, vorzugsweise als Geiger oder Bratscher im Streichquartett. Benedikt liebt jede Art klassischer Musik, und zwar besonders Kammermusik mit Streichern, Klavier, gerne auch mit Gesang, Orchesterkonzerte und schließlich die Oper.

Unbounded excitement for Bavarian State Opera's new Lucia di Lammermoor