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Alle Opfer für die Liebe: Francesco Meli als Ernani bei den Salzburger Festspielen

By Larissa Schütz, 31 August 2015
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“Wie wunderbar Musik alleine dazu fähig ist, die schönsten Geschichten zu erzählen”
Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 29 August 2015
Programme
Verdi, Ernani
Performers
Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Vittoria Yeo, Elvira
Francesco Meli, Ernani
Luca Salsi, Don Carlo
Simge Büyükedes, Giovanna
Antonello Ceron, Don Riccardo
Ildar Abdrazakov, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva
Gianfranco Montresor, Jago
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Mitglieder des Mozarteumorchesters Salzburg
Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director
Giuseppe Montanari, Conductor
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Larissa Schütz
Larissa Schütz
Larissa Schütz lebt und studiert Musikwissenschaft in der Mozartstadt Salzburg. Neben der Oper des 18. Jahrhunderts schlägt ihr Herz aber auch für das Musikdrama Wagners und dessen Zeit. Wenn sie nicht gerade im Konzertsaal sitzt, moderiert sie eine Musiksendung bei einem Salzburger Radiosender.