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A vaudevillian Le nozze di Figaro from Frederic Wake-Walker at La Scala

By Renato Verga, 28 October 2016
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Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 26 October 2016
Programme
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Performers
Teatro alla Scala
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Frederic Wake-Walker, Director
Antony McDonald, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Carlos Álvarez, Count Almaviva
Diana Damrau, Countess Almaviva
Markus Werba, Figaro
Golda Schultz, Susanna
Marianne Crebassa, Cherubino
Andrea Concetti, Doctor Bartolo, Antonio
Krešimir Špicer, Don Basilio, Don Curzio
Theresa Zisser, Barbarina
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Renato Verga
Renato Verga
Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.