A roof-raising Ernani in Palermo

Von Mark Pullinger, 27 Februar 2021

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“Buratto sang the treacherous 'Ernani, Ernani, involami' with great control and a finely spun legato”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Massimo, Palermo, am 26 Februar 2021

Verdi, Ernani

Teatro Massimo

Omer Meir Wellber, Musikalische Leitung

Ludovico Rajata, Regie, Bühnenbild

Francesco Zito, Kostüme

Giuseppe di Iorio, Licht

Giorgio Berrugi, Ernani

Eleonora Buratto, Elvira

Simone Piazzola, Don Carlo

Michele Pertusi, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Irene Savignano, Giovanna

Carlo Bosi, Don Riccardo

Andrea Pellegrini, Jago

Coro del Teatro Massimo

Orchestra del Teatro Massimo

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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.