A relentlessly dark Don Carlo at the Dresden Semperoper

By Max Woods, 06 October 2012

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Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 4 October 2012

Verdi, Don Carlo(s)

Saxon State Opera Choir

Staatskapelle Dresden

Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor

Pablo Assante, Choirmaster / chorus director

Matti Salminen, Philippe II

Neil Shicoff, Don Carlos

Marjorie Owens, Elisabeth de Valois

Tichina Vaughn, La princesse Eboli

Christoph Pohl, Rodrigue, marquis de Posa

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Max Woods

Max studied musicology before moving to Germany to pursue a Masters degree in music performance. He currently teaches music and English and works as a freelance journalist and performer.