„Stummfilm“ mit Supersound: Rossinis Il Signor Bruschino in München

By Rainer Zerbst, 24 March 2021

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“ein Ohrenschmaus und ein Sehvergnügen”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 22 March 2021

Rossini, Il signor Bruschino

Bavarian State Opera

Antonino Fogliani, Conductor

Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Director

Josh Lovell, Florville

Emily Pogorelc, Sofia

Misha Kiria, Gaudenzio

Paolo Bordogna, Bruschino senior

Andrés Agudelo, Bruschino junior

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Filiberto

Eliza Boom, Marianna

Andrew Hamilton, A Police Commissioner

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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".

„Stummfilm“ mit Supersound: Rossinis Il Signor Bruschino an der Bayerischen Staatsoper