New York Philharmonic’s Das Rheingold

By Edward Sava-Segal, 04 June 2017

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 1 June 2017

Wagner, Das Rheingold (Concert performance)

Alan Gilbert, Conductor

Louisa Muller, Director

David C. Woolard, Costume Designer

Eric Owens, Wotan

Christopher Purves, Alberich

Russell Thomas, Loge

Brian Jagde, Froh

Christian Van Horn, Donner

Peter Bronder, Mime

Jamie Barton, Fricka

Kelley O'Connor, Erda

Morris Robinson, Fasolt

Stephen Milling, Fafner

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Freia

Jennifer Johnson Cano, Wellgunde

Jennifer Zetlan, Woglinde

Tamara Mumford, Flosshilde

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

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