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A dark masquerade in Barcelona: Verdi's Ballo returns to the Liceu

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“Álvarez... produced his customary rich Verdian baritone”
Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 7 October 2017
Verdi, Un ballo in maschera
Renato Palumbo, Conductor
Vincent Boussard, Director
Vincent Lemaire, Set Designer
Christian Lacroix, Costume Designer
Piotr Beczała, Riccardo
Carlos Álvarez, Renato
Keri Alkema, Amelia
Dolora Zajick, Ulrica
Elena Sancho Pereg, Oscar
Roman Ialcic, Samuel
Antonio Di Matteo, Tom
Damián del Castillo, Silvano
Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
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Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Liceu Turandot
*****
Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu
****1
Vocal sparkle but a dull staging in the Liceu's Puritani
****1
A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona
***11
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