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Dark humour: Michieletto and Gatti provide an adventurous La Damnation de Faust

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“The director's boundless imagination is matched with keen musical instinct”
Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 14 December 2017
Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Daniele Gatti, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Pavel Černoch, Faust
Alex Esposito, Méphistophélès
Veronica Simeoni, Marguerite
Goran Jurić, Brander
Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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