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“Malin Byström was an absolute revelation, a velvety voiced Elisabeth de Valois”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 4 October 2020
Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (In French, 5 acts)
Vienna State Opera
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Peter Konwitschny, Director
Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Hans Toelstede, Lighting Designer
Vera Nemirova, Video
Werner Hintze, Dramaturgy
Michele Pertusi, Philippe II
Jonas Kaufmann, Don Carlos
Igor Golovatenko, Rodrigue, marquis de Posa
Roberto Scandiuzzi, Le Grand Inquisiteur
Malin Byström, Elisabeth de Valois
Ève-Maud Hubeaux, La princesse Eboli
Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Un moine
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