Donizetti's L'ange de Nisida proves to be a masterpiece

Von Renato Verga, 18 November 2019

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, am 16 November 2019

Donizetti, L'ange de Nisida

Fondazione Donizetti

Jean-Luc Tingaud, Musikalische Leitung

Francesco Micheli, Regie

Angelo Sala, Bühnenbild

Margherita Baldoni, Kostüme

Alessandro Andreoli, Licht

Lidia Fridman, Countess Sylvia de Linares

Konu Kim, Leone de Casaldi

Florian Sempey, Don Fernand d'Aragon

Roberto Lorenzi, Don Gaspar

Federico Benetti, The Monk

Orchestra Donizetti Opera

Fabio Tartari, Chorleitung

Coro Donizetti Opera

Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso comes a cropper in Bergamo

Mark Pullinger, 16th November

Manuel Renga’s sensitive framing device sets up a sympathetic production of a problematic opera, but is scuppered by the central vocal performance.

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At Donizetti Opera Festival: farces flop, young singers impress

Mark Pullinger, 15th November

Il campanello and Deux Hommes et une femme bomb at the Donizetti Opera festival, but the young singers of the Bottega Donizetti – and wily old hand Alessandro Corbelli – impress.

***11

Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo

Mark Pullinger, 14th November

Francesco Micheli reimagines Caterina Cornaro in a contemporary setting, switching to the historical past, to open this year’s Donizetti Opera festival in the composer’s home town.

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Young Sicilian soprano grabs the limelight in Bergamo Don Pasquale

Mark Pullinger, 17th November

They came for Javier Camarena, but cheered Giulia Mazzola to the rafters of the Teatro Donizetti as the third production of this year's festival opens.

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A modern makeover for Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata

Mark Pullinger, 16th November

Bruno Ravella's effective production was seen in Wexford in its original 1822 version, but Donizetti Opera opts for the composer's 1824 revision, throwing the spotlight onto Cecilia Molinari's excellent Abenamet.

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Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux in Bergamo

Mark Pullinger, 15th November

Is Roberto Devereux the finest of Donizetti's four Tudor operas? Stephen Langridge's stylish, stylised production and a wonderful cast under Riccardo Frizza make a great case for it.

****1

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Renato Verga

Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.