El bel canto de Bellini en manos de Benini: una Norma muy italiana

By María Elena Cuenca, 08 February 2015

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Reviewed at Teatro de la Maestranza: Sala principal, Seville on 6 February 2015

Bellini, Norma

La Maestranza

Maurizio Benini, Conductor

Vittorio Borrelli, Director

Mireia Pintó, Clotilde

Daniela Schillaci, Norma

Sonia Ganassi, Adalgisa

Vicenç Esteve Madrid, Flavio

Sergio Escobar, Pollione

Rubén Amoretti, Oroveso

Coro Femenino Teatro de la Maestranza

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla

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Diego Fasolis gives an enlightened, 18th-century account of the Mozart/da Ponte masterpiece, with great precision and elegance.

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Renato Verga, 14th March

The libretto had a troubled genesis, to say the least: seven people put their hand on it! But the rich melodic invention of the composer prevailed and the success was resounding.

***11

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Patchy vocal offering saved by superb orchestra in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.

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Edoardo Pelligra, 17th July

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Vittorio Borrelli’s production of Hänsel und Gretel in Turin offers a refined mise-en-scène focusing on the tiny, playful and colourful aspects of the plot.

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James Imam, 21st March

Vittorio Borrelli's double bill of Zemlinsky's Eine Florentinische Tragödie and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi had the audience constantly re-evaluating not only what is real and artifice, but what could be deemed virtue and vice.

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María Elena Cuenca

María Elena Cuenca es estudiante de doctorado en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Anteriormente estudió el grado de Educación Musical en la Universidad de Alicante. También hizo el grado de Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y a continuación el Máster en Música Española e Hispanoamericana en el mismo centro. Para su doctorado está investigando sobre “Las misas de Francisco de Peñalosa (ca. 1470-1528), estilo musical y contexto”.