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Top class voices, powerful drama in Bayerische Staatsoper's Andrea Chénier

By David Karlin, 29 July 2017
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“Harteros’ voice has... total commitment to the text and to her character”
Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 28 July 2017
Programme
Giordano, Andrea Chénier
Performers
Bavarian State Opera
Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor
Philipp Stölzl, Director
Heike Vollmer, Set Designer
Anke Winckler, Costume Designer
Jonas Kaufmann, Andrea Chénier
Luca Salsi, Carlo Gérard
Anja Harteros, Maddalena de Coigny
Doris Soffel, La comtesse de Coigny
J'Nai Bridges, Bersi
Nathaniel Webster, Pietro Fléville
Tim Kuypers, Mathieu
Ulrich Reß, The Abbé
Kevin Conners, L'Incredible
Andrea Borghini, Roucher
Anatoli Sivko, Schmidt
Elena Zilio, Madelon
Christian Rieger, Fouquier-Tinville
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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David Karlin
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