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Don Carlo in San Francisco: musically perfect, dramatically lacking

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 13 June 2016
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“Fabiano's... bright tenor and impressive stamina are well suited to the role’s demands”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 12 June 2016
Programme
Verdi, Don Carlo(s)
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Nicola Luisotti, Conductor
Emilio Sagi, Director
René Pape, Filippo II
Michael Fabiano, Don Carlo
Mariusz Kwiecień, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Andrea Silvestrelli, Il Grande Inquisitore
Ana María Martínez, Elisabetta di Valois
Nadia Krasteva, La Principessa Eboli
Nian Wang, Tebaldo
Gary Marder, Lighting Designer
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.