Cecilia Bartoli debuts La donna del lago at the Whitsun Salzburg Festival

By Laura Servidei, 07 June 2017

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“her coloratura was hard to believe, a level of perfection that borders on superhuman.”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 4 June 2017

Rossini, La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake) (Concert performance)

Diego Fasolis, Conductor

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Edgardo Rocha, Uberto

Cecilia Bartoli, Elena

Vivica Genaux, Malcolm Groeme

Norman Reinhardt, Rodrigo

Nathan Berg, Duglas

Laura Verena Incko, Albina

Reinaldo Macias, Serano

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.