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Successful role debuts for Damrau and Deshayes in Oper Zürich's Anna Bolena

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“Damrau dazzled with her easy high notes and the sheer beauty of her silvery soprano”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 5 December 2021
Donizetti, Anna Bolena
Zurich Opera
Enrique Mazzola, Conductor
David Alden, Director
Gideon Davey, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Martin Gebhardt, Lighting Designer
Michael Küster, Dramaturgy
Luca Pisaroni, Enrico
Diana Damrau, Anna Bolena
Karine Deshayes, Giovanna
Stanislav Vorobyov, Lord Rochfort
Alexey Neklyudov, Riccardo Percy
Nadezhda Karyazina, Smeton
Nathan Haller, Hervey
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Zurich Opera Chorus
Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director
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