Juilliard students put on Káťa Kabanová

By Edward Sava-Segal, 28 April 2017

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Reviewed at The Juilliard School: Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City on 25 April 2017

Janáček, Kátya Kabanová

Juilliard Opera

Anne Manson, Conductor

Stephen Wadsworth, Director

Charlie Corcoran, Set Designer

Felicia Moore, Kátya

Gerard Schneider, Boris

Sara Couden, Kabanicha

Miles Mykkanen, Tichon

Alex Rosen, Dikój

Samuel Levine, Kudrjaš

Samantha Hankey, Varvara

Xiaomeng Zhang, Kuligin

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Juilliard students put on a meritorious performance of Káťa Kabanová