No salvation: Budapest Don Carlo paints a dark picture of humanity

By Ako Imamura, 21 February 2021

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“Uruguayan tenor Gaston Rivero... displayed a strong ringing voice and endless stamina”

Reviewed at Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest on 20 February 2021

Verdi, Don Carlo(s)

Hungarian State Opera

Balázs Kocsár, Conductor

Frank Hilbrich, Director

Volker Thiele, Set Designer

Gabriele Rupprecht, Costume Designer

Gábor Bretz, Filippo II

Gaston Rivero, Don Carlo

Csaba Szegedi, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

András Palerdi, Il Grande Inquisitore

Zsuzsanna Ádám, Elisabetta di Valois

Erika Gál, La Principessa Eboli

Géza Gábor, Un frate

Melinda Heiter, Tebaldo

Eszter Zemlényi, Una voce dal cielo

József Mukk, Il Conte di Lerma

Hungarian State Opera Chorus

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

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Ako Imamura

Atsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to ﬁnance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.

A cruel world with no salvation: Don Carlo in Budapest paints a dark picture of humanity