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Exciting singing rescues problematic Don Carlo at the Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 27 February 2015
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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 25 February 2015
Programme
Verdi, Don Carlo(s)
Performers
Vienna State Opera
Marco Armiliato, Conductor
Daniele Abbado, Director
Graziano Gregori, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Maria Pia Piscitelli, Elisabeth de Valois
Béatrice Uria-Monzon, La princesse Eboli
Stefano Secco, Don Carlos
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Rodrigue, marquis de Posa
Eric Halfvarson, Le Grand Inquisiteur
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Philippe II
Margaret Plummer, Thibault
Jinxu Xiahou, Le comte de Lerme
Ryan Speedo Green, Un moine
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Chanda VanderHart
Chanda VanderHart
Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.