A dark, brutal Don Giovanni in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 30 March 2019

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“Sofie Asplund, as Zerlina, had one of the most beautiful voices of the evening”

Reviewed at Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm on 28 March 2019

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Royal Swedish Opera

Dalia Stasevska, Conductor

Ole Anders Tandberg, Director, Set Designer

Maria Geber, Costume Designer

Jeremy Carpenter, Don Giovanni

Ola Eliasson, Don Giovanni

Markus Schwartz, Leporello

Vivianne Holmberg, Donna Anna

Johanna Rudström, Donna Elvira

Sofie Asplund, Zerlina

Lennart Forsén, The Commendatore

Klas Hedlund, Don Ottavio

Jens Persson Hertzman, Masetto

Royal Swedish Opera Chorus

Royal Swedish Orchestra

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.