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Commedia dell'arte heute: Donizettis Don Pasquale an der Staatsoper Hamburg

Ambrogio Maestri (Don Pasquale)
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Don Pasquale
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Danielle de Niese (Norina)
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Levy Sekgapane (Ernesto)
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Kartal Karagedik (Dr Malatesta), Danielle de Niese (Norina) und Ambrogio Maestri (Don Pasquale)
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Don Pasquale
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Danielle de Niese (Norina) und Ambrogio Maestri (Don Pasquale)
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Kartal Karagedik, Ambrogio Maestri, Levy Sekgapane und Danielle de Niese
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By Rainer Zerbst, 01 June 2022
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“Ambrogio Maestri [zeigt] eine mimisch-stimmliche Bravourleistung”
Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 29 May 2022
Programme
Donizetti, Don Pasquale
Performers
Staatsoper Hamburg
Matteo Beltrami, Conductor
David Bösch, Director
Patrick Bannwart, Set Designer
Falko Herold, Costume Designer
Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Danielle de Niese, Norina
Levy Sekgapane, Ernesto
Kartal Karagedik, Dr Malatesta
Ambrogio Maestri, Don Pasquale
Jóhann Kristinsson, Carlotto
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Rainer Zerbst
Rainer Zerbst
Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".