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A sparkling L'elisir d'amore with Damrau and Breslik in Zurich

By Jonathan Sutherland, 29 June 2015
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“The duet with Dulcamara in Act II was a Broadway-esque showstopper”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 26 June 2015
Programme
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore
Performers
Zurich Opera
Giacomo Sagripanti, Conductor
Grischa Asagaroff, Director
Tullio Pericoli, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Diana Damrau, Adina
Pavol Breslik, Nemorino
Massimo Cavalletti, Belcore
Lucio Gallo, Dulcamara
Hamida Kristoffersen, Giannetta
Orchester der Oper Zürich
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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.