Battistelli's CO₂ at La Scala: a challenging truth

Von James Imam, 25 Mai 2015

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“Our heads were sent spinning through the sheer disconnected breadth and volume of the material”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro alla Scala, Mailand, am 22 Mai 2015

Battistelli, CO2 (World première, commissioned by Teatro alla Scala)

Teatro alla Scala

Cornelius Meister, Musikalische Leitung

Robert Carsen, Regie

Petra Reinhardt, Kostüme

Paul Steinberg, Bühnenbild

Pumeza Matshikiza, Eve

Anthony Michaels-Moore, David Adamson

David DQ Lee, Serpent

Orla Boylan, Archangel Gabriel, Mrs Mason

Jennifer Johnston, Gaia

Ta'u Pupu'a, Mr. Changtalay

Alessandro Spina, Archangel Michael

Alain Coulombe, Archangel Uriel

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

CO₂ at La Scala: a challenging truth by Giorgio Battistelli