Flailing capes, plumed helmets, Baroque machinery: Pizzi's Rinaldo!

Von Laura Servidei, 02 September 2021

Laden, bitte warten...

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“a spectacular production... striking, gorgeous images come in unrelenting succession”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro La Fenice, Venedig, am 31 August 2021

Händel, Rinaldo

Teatro La Fenice

Federico Maria Sardelli, Musikalische Leitung

Pier Luigi Pizzi, Regie, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Massimo Gasparon, Licht

Francesca Aspromonte, Almirena

Maria Laura Iacobellis, Armida

Valentina Corò, Mermaid 1

Marilena Ruta, Mermaid 2

Teresa Iervolino, Rinaldo

Leonardo Cortellazzi, Goffredo

Tommaso Barea, A Christian Magician, Argante

Shuxin Li, A herald

Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

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Ivor Bolton leads a great cast in a superb musical production of Mozart’s last masterpiece, in a lukewarm new production by Paul Curran.

****1

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Federico Maria Sardelli leads a great cast of specialists in a new production by Fabio Ceresa, perfectly attuned to the Baroque style.

****1

Orlando furioso: Vivaldi returns to Venice in a Baroque feast

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Fabio Ceresa's spectacular production to the Teatro Malibran with a strong cast in the hands of Diego Fasolis.

****1

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***11

La Fenice closes season with a lively new Fille du regiment

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***11

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*****

Weitere Kritiken...

Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

Flailing capes, plumed helmets, Baroque machinery: Pizzi’s Rinaldo is back in Venice!