Continuing our recent coverage of Teatro alla Scala’s The Tempest, our Artist of the Week happens to be another notable Canadian debuting in Robert Lepage’s imagerich production, tenor Josh Lovell. He has made a number of exciting house debuts this year, first this summer at Glyndebourne Festival as Ernesto in Don Pasquale and earlier this month, at Teatro all Scala as Ferdinand in The Tempest.
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