Il rè pastore at the Salzburg Festival

By Capriccio, 31 July 2012

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Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 30 July 2012

Mozart, Il re pastore

William Christie, Conductor

Rolando Villazón, Alessandro

Martina Janková, Aminta

Eva Mei, Elisa

Sandra Trattnigg, Tamiri

Benjamin Bernheim, Agenore

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Capriccio

Capriccio is a musician and writer living in London. He has a particular interest in opera and music of the twentieth century and enjoys exploring the obscurer recesses of the repertoire. He blogs here.