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Too many doors: an occasionally inert, but well-sung Don Giovanni in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 06 June 2018
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“Heading the cast was Johannes Weisser’s sultry, bordering on lecherous, Don”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 29 May 2018
Programme
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Performers
Norwegian National Opera
Christopher Moulds, Conductor
Richard Jones, Director
Paul Steinberg, Set Designer
Nicky Gillibrand, Costume Designer
Johannes Weisser, Don Giovanni
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Leporello
Birgitte Christensen, Donna Anna
Marita Sølberg, Donna Elvira
Caroline Wettergreen, Zerlina
Jens-Erik Aasbø, The Commendatore
Anthony Gregory, Don Ottavio
Martin Hatlo, Masetto
Joe Austin, Revival Director
Norwegian National Opera Chorus
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.