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Anna Caterina Antonacci triumphs in La Voix humaine at SF Opera Lab

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 14 March 2017
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“Antonacci let us in psychologically”
Reviewed at Taube Atrium Theater, San Francisco on 14 March 2017
Programme
Berlioz, La Mort d'Ophélie, H92
Debussy, Chansons de Bilitis
Poulenc, La Fraîcheur et le feu, FP 147
Poulenc, La Voix humaine
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Anna Caterina Antonacci, Elle
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.