In need of salvation: Tito at the Wiener Staatsoper

Kate Lindsey (Sesto) and Matthew Polenzani (Sesto)

Matthew Polenzani (Tito)

Kate Lindsey (Sesto) and Federica Lombardi (Vitellia)

Slávka Zámečníková (Servilia) and Patrizia Nolz (Annio)

By Orsolya Gyárfás, 08 September 2023

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“Heras-Casado..., infusing the evening with much needed electrifying drive and consummate beauty”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 7 September 2023

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito

Vienna State Opera

Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor

Jürgen Flimm, Director

George Tsypin, Set Designer

Birgit Hutter, Costume Designer

Wolfgang Goebbel, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Matthew Polenzani, Tito

Kate Lindsey, Sesto

Federica Lombardi, Vitellia

Patricia Nolz, Annio

Slávka Zámečníková, Servilia

Peter Kellner, Publio

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Orsolya Gyárfás

A university student in Budapest, currently pursuing a degree in Aesthetics, Orsolya is an opera fan, particularly interested in the works of Mozart and Wagner.