Rossini ex machina: La Cenerentola in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 23 January 2017

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“down from the fly loft comes Gioacchino Rossini himself – paunch, toupee, angel wings and all”

Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 21 January 2017

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Norwegian National Opera

Antonino Fogliani, Conductor

Stefan Herheim, Director, Set Designer

Daniel Unger, Set Designer

Esther Bialas, Costume Designer

Anna Goryachova, Angelina (Cinderella)

Renato Girolami, Don Magnifico

Eli Kristin Hanssveen, Clorinda

Desirée Baraula, Tisbe

Taylor Stayton, Don Ramiro

Aleksander Nohr, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

Michael Sumuel, Alidoro

Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Norwegian National Opera Chorus

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.

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