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La forza dei Cristofori: Loy and Maltman raise hell at Covent Garden

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“Maltman was in superbly virile voice and clearly relished his persona of smiling assassin”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 17 April 2019
Verdi, La forza del destino
The Royal Opera
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Christof Loy, Director
Christian Schmidt, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Liudmyla Monastyrska, Leonora
Christopher Maltman, Don Carlo
Yusif Eyvazov, Don Alvaro
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Padre Guardiano
Aigul Akhmetshina, Preziosilla
Robert Lloyd, Marquis of Calatrava
Alessandro Corbelli, Fra Melitone
Carlo Bosi, Trabuco
Roberta Alexander, Curra
Michael Mofidian, Alcade
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Otto Pichler, Choreography
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