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Love in the time of selfies: Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade in Copenhagen

By Aksel Tollåli, 20 April 2015
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Reviewed at The Opera House: Main Stage, Copenhagen on 18 April 2015
Programme
Nielsen, Maskarade
Performers
Royal Danish Opera
Per-Otto Johansson, Conductor
Kasper Holten, Director
Marie í Dali, Set Designer
Sofie Elkjær Jensen, Leonora
Randi Stene, Magdelone
Tuva Semmingsen, Pernille
Jens Christian Tvilum, Arv
Gert Henning-Jensen, Leander
Bengt-Ola Morgny, Leonard
Henning von Schulman, Henrik
Petri Lindroos, Jeronimus
The Royal Danish Orchestra
Royal Danish Opera Chorus
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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.