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Destructive dormitory passions in rare Zandonai revival in Erfurt

By John Johnston, 21 April 2017
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“Text books are flung, shorts drop, skirts lifted, penknives drawn”
Reviewed at Theater Erfurt, Erfurt on 19 April 2017
Programme
Zandonai, Guilietta e Romeo
Performers
Zoi Tsokanou, Conductor
Guy Montavon, Director
Francseco Calcagnini, Set Designer
Frauke Langer, Costume Designer
Jomantė Šležaitė, Giulietta Capuleto
Eduard Martynyuk, Romeo Montecchio
Margrethe Fredheim, Isabella
Siyabulela Ntlale, Tebaldo
Won Whi Choi, Tenor
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.