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In Moscow, a rare outing for Bellini’s Il pirata

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“the score still sounds fresh to modern ears”
Reviewed at Novaya Opera, Moscow on 23 January 2021
Bellini, Il pirata (Concert performance)
Novaya Opera
Andrey Lebedev, Conductor
Victoria Agarkova, Director
Maya Shavdatuashvili, Lighting Designer
Pavel Yankovsky, Ernesto
Dmitry Korchak, Gualtiero
Victoria Shevtsova, Adele
Irina Kostina, Imogene
Alexander Skvarko, Itulbo
Vitaly Efanov, Goffredo
Chorus of Novaya Opera
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