Zazà: another successful Opera Rara excavation

By David Karlin, 28 November 2015

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“in every slow step of destruction of the love affair, we stepped beside her”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 27 November 2015

Leoncavallo, Zazà

Maurizio Benini, Conductor

Ermonela Jaho, Zazà

Riccardo Massi, Milio

Stephen Gaertner, Cascart

Rebecca Lodge, Anaide

Kathryn Rudge, Natalia

David Stout, Bussy

Fflur Wyn, Floriana

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Leoncavallo's Zazà: another successful Opera Rara excavation