Handel’s Alcina makes its overdue Rome debut

Carlo Vistoli (Ruggiero) and Mariangela Sicilia (Alcina)

Mariangela Sicilia (Alcina)

Alcina

Mary Bevan (Morgana) and Anthony Gregory (Oronte)

Carlo Vistoli (Ruggiero) and Francesco Salvado (Melisso)

Von Pia Maltri, 21 März 2025

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“for once, one wouldn’t have minded a few more bells and whistles”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, am 18 März 2025

Händel, Alcina

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Musikalische Leitung

Pierre Audi, Regie

Patrick Kinmonth, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Matthew Richardson, Licht

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Mariangela Sicilia, Alcina

Carlo Vistoli, Ruggiero

Caterina Piva, Bradamante

Mary Bevan, Morgana

Silvia Frigato, Oberto

Anthony Gregory, Oronte

Francesco Salvadori, Melisso

Ciro Visco, Chorleitung

Rossini’s Tancredi as a Sicilian puppet show in Rome

Pia Maltri, 19th May

Clever direction by Emma Dante matches an impressive cast, led by countertenor Carlo Vistoli taking the title role.

*****

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

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.