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Hungarian State Opera's slow-motion The Queen of Sheba verges on La Sonnambula

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 20 May 2017
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“Erika Gál mixed plenty of steely vocalism with femme fatale demeanour”
Reviewed at Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest on 18 May 2017
Programme
Goldmark, Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba)
Performers
Hungarian State Opera
János Kovács, Conductor
Csaba Káel, Director
Éva Szendrényi, Set Designer
Anikó Németh, Costume Designer
Zoltán Kelemen, King Solomon
Erika Gál, Queen of Sheba
Péter Fried, High priest
Eszter Sümegi, Sulamith
Boldizsár László, Assad
Róbert Rezsnyák, Baal-Hanan
Eszter Zavaros, Astaroth
Ferenc Cserhalmi, Guardian of the temple
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
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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.