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Péter Eötvös' Love and other demons: music for martyrs in Budapest

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 30 January 2017
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“Zhuravel was stunning in her total command of a stratospheric tessitura”
Reviewed at Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest on 27 January 2017
Programme
Eötvös, Love and Other Demons (Budapest version, Hungarian première)
Performers
Hungarian State Opera
Peter Eötvös, Conductor
Silviu Purcărete, Director
Helmut Stürmer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Tetiana Zhuravel, Sierva María
Gergely Boncsér, Abrenuncio
István Kovácsházi, Don Ygnacio
Zsolt Haja, Father Delaura
Bernadett Fodor, Dominga
Jovita Vaškevičiūtė, Dominga
Andrea Meláth, Josefa Miranda
Éva Balatoni, Martina Laborde, an insane woman
Krisztián Cser, Don Toribio
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Jerry Skelton, Lighting Designer
Rares Zaharia, Revival Director
Andu Dumitrescu, Video
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Alexandra Ivanoff
Alexandra Ivanoff
Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.