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Verdi caught in La Monnaie's revolving door: Revolution and Nostalgia in Brussels

Rivoluzione e Nostalgia
© Karl Forster
Rivoluzione e Nostalgia
© Karl Forster
Rivoluzione e Nostalgia
© Karl Forster
Rivoluzione e Nostalgia
© Karl Forster
Rivoluzione e Nostalgia
© Karl Forster
By Eleanor Knight, 24 March 2024
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“even after the first ten minutes it starts to feel Beckettian, and not in a good way”
Reviewed at La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels on 22 March 2024
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Works by Verdi
Performers
La Monnaie | De Munt
Carlo Goldstein, Conductor
Krystian Lada, Director, Set Designer, Video
Adrian Stapf, Costume Designer
Aleksandr Prowaliński, Lighting Designer
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Chorus
Michiel Vandevelde, Choreography
Enea Scala, Tenor
Vittorio Prato, Baritone
Justin Hopkins, Bass
Nino Machaidze, Soprano
Gabriela Legun, Soprano
Hwanjoo Chung, Tenor
Académie des chœurs de La Monnaie
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Reviewed at La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels on 23 March 2024
Programme
Programme to include:
Works by Verdi
Performers
Krystian Lada, Director, Set Designer, Video
Adrian Stapf, Costume Designer
Aleksandr Prowaliński, Lighting Designer
Carlo Goldstein, Conductor
Michiel Vandevelde, Choreography
Scott Hendricks, Baritone
Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bass
Dennis Rudge, Actor
Helena Dix, Soprano
Gabriela Legun, Soprano
Paride Cataldo, Tenor
Satenik Khourdoian, Violin
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Chorus
Académie des chœurs de La Monnaie
La Monnaie | De Munt
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Eleanor Knight
Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.