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Annalisa Stroppa's Giovanna Seymour triumphs in San Carlo's Anna Bolena

Maria Agresta (Anna Bolena) and Annalisa Stroppa (Giovanna Seymour)
© Luciano Romano
Maria Agresta (Anna Bolena) and René Barbera (Percy)
© Luciano Romano
Maria Agresta (Anna Bolena)
© Luciano Romano
Alexander Vinogradov (Enrico VIII)
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“the subtext of the staging resides in this clash of two parents over the love for their daughter”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 8 June 2023
Donizetti, Anna Bolena
Teatro di San Carlo
Riccardo Frizza, Conductor
Jetske Mijnssen, Director
Ben Baur, Set Designer
Klaus Bruns, Costume Designer
Cor van der Brink, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Luc Joosten, Dramaturgy
Maria Agresta, Anna Bolena
Annalisa Stroppa, Giovanna
Alexander Vinogradov, Enrico
René Barbera, Riccardo Percy
Caterina Piva, Smeton
Nicolò Donini, Lord Rochfort
Giorgi Guliashvili, Hervey
Lillian Stillwell, Choreography
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