Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux in Bergamo

Jessica Pratt (Elisabetta)

Simone Piazzola (Nottingham) and Raffaella Lupinacci (Sara)

Coro dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala

John Osborn (Roberto)

Jessica Pratt (Elisabetta) and chorus

Von Mark Pullinger, 16 November 2024

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“has Tudor history ever been so gloriously gothic?”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, am 15 November 2024

Donizetti, Roberto Devereux

Fondazione Donizetti

Riccardo Frizza, Musikalische Leitung

Stephen Langridge, Regie

Katie Davenport, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Peter Mumford, Licht

Orchestra Donizetti Opera

Coro dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala

Jessica Pratt, Elisabetta

John Osborn, Robert Devereux

Simone Piazzola, Duca di Nottingham

Raffaella Lupinacci, Sara, Duchessa di Nottingham

David Astorga, Lord Cecil

Ignas Melnikas, Sir Gualtiero Raleigh

Salvo Sgrò, Chorleitung

Students of Bottega Donizetti, Sänger

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.

***11

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.

***11

The “other” Lucia at the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

Laura Servidei, 18th November

Stricken by illness, the French version of Donizetti’s masterpiece is somewhat disappointing.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux opens tenth Donizetti Festival in Bergamo