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Anna Netrebko fasziniert im Trovatore bei den Salzburger Festspielen

By Christine Arnold, 09 August 2015
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Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 8 August 2015
Programme
Verdi, Il trovatore
Performers
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
Alvis Hermanis, Director, Set Designer
Eva Dessecker, Costume Designer
Anna Netrebko, Leonora
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Azucena
Francesco Meli, Manrico
Artur Ruciński, Il conte di Luna
Diana Haller, Ines
Adrian Sâmpetrean, Ferrando
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director
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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.