Grace and delirium: Michieletto's Viaggio lands in Rome

Von James Imam, 16 Juni 2017

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, am 14 Juni 2017

Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Stefano Montanari, Musikalische Leitung

Damiano Michieletto, Regie

Paolo Fantin, Bühnenbild

Carla Teti, Kostüme

Francesca Dotto, Madame Cortese

Valentina Varriale, Madame Cortese

Maria Grazia Schiavo, Contessa di Folleville

Eleonora de la Peña, Contessa di Folleville

Mariangela Sicilia, Corinna

Roberta Mantegna, Corinna

Anna Goryachova, Marchesa Melibea

Levy Sekgapane, Conte di Libenskof

Juan Francisco Gatell, Chevalier Belfiore

Adrian Sâmpetrean, Lord Sidney

Simone Del Savio, Don Alvaro

Bruno de Simone, Barone di Trombonok

Nicola Ulivieri, Don Profondo

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Grace and delirium: Michieletto's Il viaggio a Reims lands in Rome