A fine musical display in Don Carlos

Par James Imam, 20 janvier 2017

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“Eric Halfvarson's Grande Inquisitor... pure fanatical rage funnelled through an age-wracked body”

Critique faite à Teatro alla Scala, Milan, le 17 janvier 2017

Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (5 act version)

Teatro alla Scala

Myung-whun Chung, Direction

Peter Stein, Mise en scène

Ferdinand Woegerbauer, Décors

Annamaria Heinreich, Costumes

Ferruccio Furlanetto, Filippo II

Francesco Meli, Don Carlo

Simone Piazzola, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

Eric Halfvarson, Il Grande Inquisitore

Krassimira Stoyanova, Elisabetta di Valois

Ekaterina Semenchuk, La Principessa Eboli

Theresa Zisser, Tebaldo

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Le grand retour de La Rondine alla Scala

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 9th April

Trente ans après son dernier passage sur les planches milanaises et cent ans après la disparition de son auteur, l'opéra méconnu de Puccini bénéficie d'une mise en scène efficace et d'une belle distribution.

****1

Anna Netrebko gatecrashes Riccardo Chailly’s La Scala farewell

Laura Servidei, 16th May

Riccardo Chailly’s final new production as artistic director is a celebration of Verdi and of a conductor whose relationship with the Milanese audience has clearly deepened over the years.

*****

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Diamonds and steel: Anna Pirozzi rules in La Scala’s Turandot revival

Laura Servidei, 12th April

Visually enchanting and meticulously staged, this centenary revival confirms Livermore's production as a modern classic.

****1

The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 1st February

Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.

*****

Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night

Laura Servidei, 7th December

Shostakovich's brutal tale of sex, murder and madness storms La Scala's opening night, with Riccardo Chailly leading his final season premiere as Music Director.

****1

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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.

La Scala regulars provide a fine musical display in Don Carlos