Love in time of the drug wars: a contemporary Tancredi at Bregenz

Mélissa Petit (Amenaide) and Anna Goryachova (Tancredi)

Anna Goryachova (Tancredi)

Mélissa Petit (Amenaide), Laura Polverelli (Isaura), Antonino Siragusa (Argirio) and ensemble

Andreas Wolf (Orbazzano), Antonino Siragusa (Argirio) and ensemble

By Orsolya Gyárfás, 20 July 2024

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“within these bounds, the theme of forbidden love receives newfound urgency”

Reviewed at Festspielhaus Bregenz, Bregenz on 18 July 2024

Rossini, Tancredi

Yi-Chen Lin, Conductor

Jan Philipp Gloger, Director

Ben Baur, Set Designer

Justina Klimczyk, Costume Designer

Martin Gebhardt, Lighting Designer

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Prague Philharmonic Choir

Antonino Siragusa, Argirio

Anna Goryachova, Tancredi

Mélissa Petit, Amenaide

Laura Polverelli, Isaura

Andreas Wolf, Orbazzano

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Orsolya Gyárfás

A university student in Budapest, currently pursuing a degree in Aesthetics, Orsolya is an opera fan, particularly interested in the works of Mozart and Wagner.