Young Donizetti pays his debt to Rossini in Bergamo

Por Renato Verga, 16 noviembre 2019

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Crítica hecha desde Teatro Sociale, Bérgamo el 15 noviembre 2019

Donizetti, Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie

Fondazione Donizetti

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Dirección

Marco Paciotti, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

K.B. Project, Diseño de vestuario

Marco Alba, Diseño de iluminación

Loriana Castellano, Caterina

Francisco Brito, Carlo Scavronski

Roberto de Candia, Pietro il Grande

Paola Gardina, Madam Fritz

Marco Filippo Romano, Ser Cuccupis

Tommaso Barea, Firman Trombest

Nina Solodovnikova, Annetta Mazepa

Marcello Nardis, Hondediski

Fabio Tartari, Dirección de coro

Coro Donizetti Opera

Gli Originali Orchestra

Lorenzo Pasquali, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

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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.

Pietro il Grande, Czar delle Russie: young Donizetti pays his debt to Rossini