The stars shine in Naples in San Carlo's concert Cav

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 Dezember 2020

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“I’d happily luxuriate in Garanča’s Rolls Royce of a mezzo for hours”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, am 4 Dezember 2020

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (Concert performance)

Teatro di San Carlo

Juraj Valčuha, Musikalische Leitung

Elīna Garanča, Santuzza

Jonas Kaufmann, Turiddu

Claudio Sgura, Alfio

Maria Agresta, Lola

Elena Zilio, Mamma Lucia

Coro del Teatro di San Carlo

Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo

Rosa Feola’s Lucia rescues a San Carlo production showing its age

Lorenzo Fiorito, 11th March

Gianni Amelio's 2021 production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro di San Carlo serves the music, but it no longer commands the same sense of discovery.

***11

Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours

Lorenzo Fiorito, 15th February

The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice.

*****

Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 18th January

Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism.

***11

Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 14th December

Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images.

***11

San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework

Lorenzo Fiorito, 10th December

A new Medea at the Teatro di San Carlo presents three distinct visions – neoclassical in the pit, expressionistic on stage and conceptual in the direction – that never fully merge.

***11

Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo

Lorenzo Fiorito, 11th October

Faithful to the libretto’s dramaturgy, the staging unfolds in scenographic environments of strong impact -

****1

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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.

The stars shine in Naples: San Carlo inaugurates its season with Cavalleria rusticana in concert