Liebe in Zeiten des Internets: La traviata an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Rainer Zerbst, 09 March 2021

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“Pretty Yendes Violetta hat alles, was diese Rolle benötigt”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 7 March 2021

Verdi, La traviata

Vienna State Opera

Giacomo Sagripanti, Conductor

Simon Stone, Director

Robert Cousins, Set Designer

Alice Babidge, Costume Designer

James Farncombe, Lighting Designer

Zakk Hein, Video

Pretty Yende, Violetta Valéry

Juan Diego Flórez, Alfredo Germont

Igor Golovatenko, Giorgio Germont

Margaret Plummer, Flora Bervoix

Robert Bartneck, Gastone de Letorières

Attila Mókus, Baron Douphol

Donna Ellen, Annina

Erik Van Heyningen, Marquis d'Obigny

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Marco Armiliato’s conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper’s latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

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****1

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***11

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**111

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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".