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Byron writes himself the lead role in Verdi's Il corsaro in Valencia

By Mark Pullinger, 29 March 2018
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“giant plumes of ink flooding the stage in Ran Arthur Braun's excellent video footage”
Reviewed at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia: Sala Principal, Valencia on 28 March 2018
Programme
Verdi, Il corsaro
Performers
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
Fabio Biondi, Conductor
Nicola Raab, Director
George Souglides, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Michael Fabiano, Corrado
Kristina Mkhitaryan, Medora
Vito Priante, Pasha Seid
Oksana Dyka, Gulnara
Evgeny Stavinsky, Giovanni
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Ran Arthur Braun, Video
David Debrinay, Lighting Designer
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.