Wilson's lunar Trouvère the antithesis of grand opéra

Von Renato Verga, 30 September 2018

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“Wilson's staging is the antithesis of the grand-opéra spirit of the Parisian Trouvère”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Farnese, Parma, am 29 September 2018

Verdi, Il trovatore (Sung in French (Le Trouvère))

Teatro Regio di Parma

Roberto Abbado, Musikalische Leitung

Robert Wilson, Regie, Bühnenbild

Julia von Leliwa, Kostüme

Franco Vassallo, Il Conte di Luna

Roberta Mantegna, Leonora

Nino Surguladze, Azucena

Giuseppe Gipali, Manrico

Marco Spotti, Ferrando

Tonia Langella, Ines

Luca Casalin, Ruiz, A messenger

Nicolò Donini, An old gipsy

Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

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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.

Robert Wilson's lunar Trouvère in Parma is the antithesis of grand opéra