The Merchant of Gothenburg: the return of La Juive

By Sofia Nyblom, 10 April 2014

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Reviewed at GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg on 5 April 2014

Halévy, La Juive

Gothenburg Opera

Pierre Vallet, Conductor

Günter Krämer, Director

Regina Šilinskaitė, Princess Eudoxie

Mireille Delunsch, Rachel

Lars Cleveman, Éléazar

Darío Schmunck, Prince Léopold

Mats Persson, Ruggiero

Michael Schmidberger, Cardinal Brogni

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Sofia Nyblom

Sofia Nyblom is a Swedish arts journalist, critic, presenter and radio and tv-producer. With a background as a professionally trained singer, she today prefers watching opera and singing in choir - and she loves dance. Twitter: @nyblomsofia. Her website is here.