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A Cav & Pag double bill with virtues and flaws at San Francisco Opera

By Edward Sava-Segal, 03 October 2018
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 30 September 2018
Programme
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Daniele Callegari, Conductor
José Cura, Director
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Santuzza
Laura Krumm, Lola
Jill Grove, Mamma Lucia
Roberto Aronica, Turiddu
Dimitri Platanias, Alfio, Tonio
Lianna Haroutounian, Nedda
Marco Berti, Canio
Amitai Pati, Beppe
David Pershall, Silvio
José María Condemi, Revival Director
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Ian Robertson, Choirmaster / chorus director
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Edward Sava-Segal
Edward Sava-Segal
Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.