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A glorious Meistersinger from Harry Kupfer at La Scala

By Renato Verga, 20 March 2017
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“Volle... delivered a powerful performance, full of expressiveness”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 19 March 2017
Programme
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers
Teatro alla Scala
Daniele Gatti, Conductor
Harry Kupfer, Director
Hans Schavernoch, Set Designer
Yan Tax, Costume Designer
Jacquelyn Wagner, Eva
Michael Volle, Hans Sachs
Markus Werba, Sixtus Beckmesser
Peter Sonn, David
Albert Dohmen, Veit Pogner
Erin Caves, Walther von Stolzing
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Magdalena
Stefan Heibach, Augustin Moser
Markus Petsch, Balthasar Zorn
Iurie Ciobanu, Kunz Vogelgesang
Neal Cooper, Ulrich Eisslinger
Detlef Roth, Fritz Kothner
Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Nightwatchman
Miklós Sebestyén, Hans Foltz
Dennis Wilgenhof, Hans Schwarz
James Platt, Hermann Ortel
Davide Fersini, Konrad Nachtigall
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Renato Verga
Renato Verga
Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.