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Fish, sex and marching bands: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at the Norwegian National Opera

By Aksel Tollåli, 07 September 2014
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Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 4 September 2014
Programme
Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Performers
Oleg Caetani, Conductor
Ole Anders Tandberg, Director
Maria Geber, Costume Designer
Erlend Birkeland, Set Designer
Svetlana Sozdateleva, Katerina Lvovna Izmailova
Alexey Kosarev, Sergey
Magne Fremmerlid, Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov
Knut Skram, Old Convict
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.