Turin's Orpheus does not ascend to Heaven

Von Renato Verga, 15 März 2018

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“In short, this production is born old”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin, am 13 März 2018

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo, SV 318

Teatro Regio di Torino

Antonio Florio, Musikalische Leitung

Alessio Pizzech, Regie

Davide Amadei, Bühnenbild

Maria Carla Ricotti, Kostüme

Roberta Invernizzi, La musica, Proserpina

Mauro Borgioni, Orfeo

Francesca Boncompagni, Euridice

Monica Bacelli, La speranza, La messaggiera

Luigi De Donato, Caronte

Luca Tittoto, Plutone

Fernando Guimarães, Apollo

Leslie Visco, Ninfa

Joshua Sanders, Eco

Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino

Cappella Neapolitana

Nicht perfekt, aber unterhaltsam: L'elisir d’amore in Turin

Isabella Steppan, 22nd April

Die gestreamte Vorstellung von Donizettis Oper aus dem Teatro Regio hätte noch deutlich Luft nach oben gehabt, war aber dennoch charmant.

**111

Riccardo Muti triumphs with Un ballo in maschera in Turin

Laura Servidei, 23rd February

The Teatro Regio di Torino presents Andrea de Rosa's new production of Verdi’s operal, with a solid cast under the baton of Riccardo Muti.

***11

The Pearl Fishers: Turin opens its operatic season

Renato Verga, 3rd October

The staging sways between tackiness and naivety, like those old Christmas cards with sequins glued to the edges of the figures.

**111

The first modern staged performance of Paër’s Agnese in Turin

Laura Servidei, 17th March

The Teatro Regio presents a Classical rarity with echoes of Mozart and anticipations of Rossini. Diego Fasolis conducts with imagination and spunk.

***11

In Turin's Trovatore, the women carry the day

Renato Verga, 10th October

Female voices dominate in the vocal cast: Rachel Willis-Sørensen debuts as Leonora and charms the audience; Anna Maria Chiuri has the temperament and rich vocality requested by the role of the gypsy.

***11

A strong Italian cast for Così fan tutte in Turin

Laura Servidei, 1st July

Diego Fasolis gives an enlightened, 18th-century account of the Mozart/da Ponte masterpiece, with great precision and elegance.

****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.