Une Carmen mexicaine et envoûtante à Rome

By Emma Granier, 02 July 2017

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“un parfait prétexte pour faire écho aux tensions qui existent aujourd'hui”

Reviewed at Terme di Caracalla (Caracalla Baths), Rome on 28 June 2017

Bizet, Carmen

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Jesús López-Cobos, Conductor

Valentina Carrasco, Director

Samal Blak, Set Designer

Luis F Carvalho, Costume Designer

Veronica Simeoni, Carmen

Roberto Aronica, Don José

Alexander Vinogradov, Escamillo

Rosa Feola, Micaëla

Gianfranco Montresor, Zuniga

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Pia Maltri, 7th April

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts

Pia Maltri, 1st March

In an opera rarely staged in Italy, David Hermann skilfully masters the metatheatrical challenges posed by the libretto to Ariadne auf Naxos.

****1

Abandon all hope: Lucia Ronchetti's Inferno receives Italian premiere

Pia Maltri, 19th February

The Italian premiere of Lucia Ronchetti’s Inferno at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma uses Dante’s original verses, but her score fails to match their beauty.

***11

Livermore’s successful Bohème opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 14th January

Originally staged at the Caracalla Baths in 2014, Davide Livermore’s production comes in from the cold.

****1

Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

Pia Maltri, 27th November

Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things.

***11

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Emma Granier

Après des expériences au sein des services éditoriaux de la Cité de la Musique et du Festival de Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, Emma a occupé les fonctions de responsable communication pour l’Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Depuis le printemps 2021, elle est correspondante locale à Berlin pour le média des Français et francophones à l’étranger, lepetitjournal.com. Pianiste de formation, elle a également été choriste au sein de plusieurs ensembles en Ile-de-France et à l’étranger. Elle garde un fort attachement à la scène musicale et trouve son équilibre en couvrant les productions des maisons de concerts et d’opéras de la capitale allemande pour Bachtrack.