Kasper Holten's gritty, modern Traviata in Stockholm

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 14 May 2015

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Reviewed at Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm on 13 May 2015

Verdi, La traviata

Royal Swedish Opera

Giampaolo Bisanti, Conductor

Kasper Holten, Director

Steffen Aarfing, Costume Designer, Set Designer

Lana Kos, Violetta Valéry

Daniel Johansson, Alfredo Germont

Vladimir Stoyanov, Giorgio Germont

Barbro Hillerud, Annina

Jessica Forsell Clarhäll, Annina

Sara Olsson, Flora Bervoix

Daniel Ralphsson, Gastone de Letorières

Jens Persson Hertzman, Baron Douphol

John Erik Eleby, Dr Grenvil

Lennart Forsén, Marquis d'Obigny

Royal Swedish Opera Chorus

Royal Swedish Orchestra

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.