The resurrection of an opera: Alfano's Risurrezione in Florence

Par Renato Verga, 20 janvier 2020

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Critique faite à Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, le 19 janvier 2020

Alfano, Risurrezione

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Francesco Lanzillotta, Direction

Rosetta Cucchi, Mise en scène

Tiziano Santi, Décors

Claudia Pernigotti, Costumes

Anne-Sophie Duprels, Katerina Mihaylovna

Francesca Di Sauro, Sofia Ivanovna

Romina Tomasoni, Anna

Ana Victória Pitts, Korablyova

Matthew Vickers, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Nehlyudov

Leon Kim, Simonson Ivanovich

Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Lorenzo Fratini, Chef de chœur

Silvia Romani, Fedia

Jessica Pratt triumphs in a new Lucrezia Borgia in Florence

Laura Servidei, 9th November

Despite the Maggio Musicale stage being dominated by clerical garb and daring papal parallels, the true revelation is Jessica Pratt's breathtaking role debut as Lucrezia.

****1

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's Don Giovanni falls at the final hurdle

Laura Servidei, 6th May

The Maggio postpones Pountney’s expected new production of Don Giovanni, presenting Ferrara’s production from Spoleto instead, with a good cast in the hands of Zubin Mehta.

**111

Florence's finest: Teatro del Maggio's compelling new Don Carlo

Roy Westbrook, 27th December

Five highly dissatisfied lead characters find only disastrous or ambiguous outcomes. Yet there are few greater operas than this.

*****

A Florentine Comedy: a lively Barbiere di Siviglia in Tuscany

David Larkin, 14th September

A lively and amusing Barbiere at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with Daniele Gatti expertly marshalling the talents of Ruzil Gatin, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Nicola Alaimo and Fabio Capitanucci in Damiano Michieletto's colourfully minimalist staging.

****1

Juan Diego Flórez charms as Roméo in Florence

Elena Luporini, 3rd May

For the 84th edition of its summer festival, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino presents its first ever production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.

***11

Linda di Chamounix a bittersweet tale at the Maggio Musicale

Laura Servidei, 3rd October

Jessica Pratt shines in this Donizetti coloratura role, with the support of Teresa Iervolino as a luxury Pierotto, and a solid cast of Italian singers.

***11

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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.