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Comedy and drama in Auber's Fra Diavolo: a balance well obtained at Opera di Roma

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Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 13 October 2017
Auber, Fra Diavolo (Brother Devil)
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Rory Macdonald, Conductor
Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Director
Massimo Troncanetti, Set Designer
Francesco Esposito, Costume Designer
John Osborn, Fra Diavolo
Pretty Yende, Zerlina
Roberto de Candia, Lord Rocburg
Sonia Ganassi, Lady Pamela
Giorgio Misseri, Lorenzo
Nicola Pamio, Beppo
Jean-Luc Ballestra, Giacomo
Alessio Verna, Matteo
Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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