Paula Murrihy a fantastic Sesto in Concertgebouw Clemenza

By Nicolas Nguyen, 20 October 2017

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 18 October 2017

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito

Kenneth Montgomery, Conductor

Jeroen Lopes Cardozo, Director

Anders Dahlin, Tito

Paula Murrihy, Sesto

Deirdre Angenent, Vitellia

Laetitia Gerards, Servilia

Rosanne van Sandwijk, Annio

Henk Neven, Publio

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Cappella Amsterdam

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****1

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****1

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Nicolas Nguyen

Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.