La bohème in Salzburg with Netrebko and a tenor surprise

By Zerbinetta, 08 August 2012

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Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 4 August 2012

Puccini, La bohème

Daniele Gatti, Conductor

Damiano Michieletto, Director

Piotr Beczała, Rodolfo

Jonas Kaufmann, Rodolfo

Anna Netrebko, Mimì

Massimo Cavalletti, Marcello

Nino Machaidze, Musetta

Alessio Arduini, Schaunard

Carlo Colombara, Colline

Davide Fersini, Benoît

Salzburg Festival Children's Choir

Vienna Philharmonic

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta is a music educator in the New York area with a background in music performance, theater studies, and history. She is particularly interested in Wagner, Baroque music, and, of course, Richard Strauss.