A dispiriting Maria Stuarda in Genoa

Por James Imam, 19 mayo 2017

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“Antoniozzi... gives the impression that he is unable to take Maria Stuarda seriously”

Crítica hecha desde Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa el 17 mayo 2017

Donizetti, Maria Stuarda

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Andriy Yurkevych, Dirección

Alfonso Antoniozzi, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

Gianluca Falaschi, Diseño de vestuario

Elena Moşuc, Maria Stuarda

Silvia Tro Santafé, Elisabetta

Celso Albelo, Earl of Leicester

Stefano Antonucci, Cecil

Andrea Concetti, Talbot

Orchestra dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova

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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.

A dispiriting première for Maria Stuarda at the Teatro Carlo Felice