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Don Carlo in Zagreb is a feast for musicologists and fulsome fare for gourmands of grand opera

By Jonathan Sutherland, 12 April 2017
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“The outstanding 80 strong chorus sang with exuberance, musicality and exemplary diction”
Reviewed at Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb on 10 April 2017
Programme
Verdi, Don Carlo(s)
Performers
Croatian National Theatre Opera
Elio Boncompagni, Conductor
Derek Gimpel, Director
Italo Grassi, Set Designer
Stephan Dietrich, Costume Designer
Luciano Batinić, Filippo II
Tomislav Mužek, Don Carlo
Ljubomir Puškarić, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Branislav Jatić, Il Grande Inquisitore
Adela Golac Rilović, Elisabetta di Valois
Dubravka Šeparović Mušović, La Principessa Eboli
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Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.