Wexford revives Mercadante's Il bravo

Von Pia Maltri, 23 Oktober 2018

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“the opera doesn’t have a musically dull moment”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, am 21 Oktober 2018

Mercadante, Il bravo

Wexford Festival Opera

Jonathan Brandani, Musikalische Leitung

Renaud Doucet, Regie

André Barbe, Bühnenbild

Rubens Pelizzari, Carlo

Ioana Constantin Pipelea, Michelina

Yasko Sato, Teodora

Ekaterina Bakanova, Violetta

José de Eça, Capello

Richard Shaffrey, Messenger

Alessandro Luciano, Pisani

Gustavo Castillo, Foscari

Szymon Mechliński, Luigi

Toni Nežić, Marco

Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera

Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera

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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.

Sublime music compensates for a weak libretto: Wexford revives Mercadante's Il bravo