Teatro Nuovo sheds new light on bel canto’s beginnings

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 August 2018

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Reviewed at Performing Arts Center, Purchase on 5 August 2018

Rossini, Tancredi

Teatro Nuovo

Will Crutchfield, Conductor

Christine Lyons, Amenaide

Junhan Choi, Roggiero

Augusta Caso, Isaura

Aleks Romano, Tancredi

David Margulis, Argirio

James Harrington, Orbazzano

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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.

Will Crutchfield and his Teatro Nuovo shed new light on bel canto’s beginnings