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Camels and comic capers in Algiers: Cecilia Bartoli stars in a frothy Italiana at the Salzburg Festival

By Mark Pullinger, 09 August 2018
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“Bartoli... fires off the coloratura as easily as blowing the froth off a cappuccino”
Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 8 August 2018
Programme
Rossini, L'italiana in Algeri
Performers
Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Conductor
Moshe Leiser, Director
Christian Fenouillat, Set Designer
Agostino Cavalca, Costume Designer
Cecilia Bartoli, Isabella
Ildar Abdrazakov, Mustafà
Edgardo Rocha, Lindoro
Alessandro Corbelli, Taddeo
Rebeca Olvera, Elvira
Rosa Bove, Zulma
José Coca Loza, Haly
Patrice Caurier, Director
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Ensemble Matheus
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Agostino CavalcaAlessandro CorbelliCecilia BartoliChristian FenouillatEdgardo RochaEnsemble MatheusGioachino RossiniIldar AbdrazakovJean-Christophe SpinosiJosé Coca LozaL'italiana in AlgeriMoshe LeiserPatrice CaurierPhilharmonia Chor WienRebeca OlveraRosa Bove
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.