Marina Rebeka enchanteresse en Marie Stuart au Teatro dell’Opera de Rome

By Emma Granier, 24 March 2017

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“une Maria Stuarda grandiose”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 22 March 2017

Donizetti, Maria Stuarda

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Paolo Arrivabeni, Conductor

Andrea de Rosa, Director

Sergio Tramonti, Set Designer

Ursula Patzak, Costume Designer

Marina Rebeka, Maria Stuarda

Roberta Mantegna, Maria Stuarda

Carmela Remigio, Elisabetta

Erika Beretti, Elisabetta

Valentina Varriale, Anna

Paolo Fanale, Earl of Leicester

Alessandro Luongo, Cecil

Marko Mimica, Talbot

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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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

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Pia Maltri, 11th October

This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

****1

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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.