Intensity-laden La voix-Cav diptych in Bologna

Von James Imam, 11 April 2017

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“musically and dramatically first rate”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna, am 9 April 2017

Poulenc, La Voix humaine

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Michele Mariotti, Musikalische Leitung

Emma Dante, Regie

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Elle

Marco Berti, Turiddu

Gezim Myshketa, Alfio

Carmen Topciu, Santuzza

Anastasia Boldyreva, Lola

Claudia Marchi, Mamma Lucia

Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Vick and Mariotti refresh Bohème in Bologna

James Imam, 20th January

Vick enjoys working with young singers, and in with the young second cast he is spoiled.

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Bologna's Teatro Comunale scores a slam dunk

James Imam, 18th May

The Comunale had teamed up with Bologna's basketball team Virtus to create a 50%-off ticket deal aimed at drawing new audiences. The subject matter of this opera might not seem the most immediately accessible, but this was playing to capture the imaginations of opera newbies.

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Werther's middle-class dream in Bologna

Renato Verga, 15th December

Juan Diego Flórez plays the role for the first time on stage and it's a vocal triumph

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Une Manon Lescaut en demi-teinte à l'Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 20th March

Proposée dans le cadre du festival annuel de l'Opéra de Lyon, la nouvelle production de l'ouvrage de Puccini ne prend pas vraiment, et laisse l’impression d’une promesse incomplètement tenue.

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Dándole cuerda al cuento: La Cenerentola de Dante y Sagripanti

Maria Sánchez, 21st May

El cuento clásico musicado por Rossini es recreado por Emma Dante como un mundo lleno de color que esconde un lado turbio, moviéndose entre lo coquette y lo grotesco.sagr

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I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia

Lorenzo Fiorito, 21st January

In the Italian version of Verdi's French grand opéra, Emma Dante updates the action from 1282 to the organised crime of the Sicilian Mafia.

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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.