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A night of intrigue and outrage: La Gioconda at the Deutsche Oper

By Christie Franke, 05 February 2014
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Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 2 February 2014
Programme
Ponchielli, La Gioconda
Performers
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Jesús López-Cobos, Conductor
Filippo Sanjust, Director
Hui He, La Gioconda
Marianne Cornetti, Laura Adorno
Dana Beth Miller, La Cieca
Marcelo Álvarez, Enzo Grimaldo
Lado Ataneli, Barnaba
Ante Jerkunica, Alvise Badoero
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Christie Franke
Christie Franke
Christie Franke is a Berlin-based writer and opera lover. Her blog, Tiny Doom’s Opernpalais, chronicles her adventures as an opera-lover and writer, serving as discussion ground for character profiles, operatic plot holes, and the magic of music in everyday life.