After 300 years,Handel’s Rinaldo debuts in Wrocław's spectacular new NFM Concert Hall

By Jonathan Sutherland, 06 October 2015

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Reviewed at National Forum of Music: Main Hall, Wrocław on 4 October 2015

Handel, Rinaldo

Rubén Dubrovsky, Conductor

Paris Mexis, Director

Hanna Herfurtner, Almirena

Markus Miesenberger, Goffredo

Terry Wey, Rinaldo

Christoph Woo, Argante

Marek Wojciechowski, A Christian Magician

Gesche Geier, Armida

George Tellos, Lighting Designer

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.