World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala

Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk) and ensemble

Lucas Meachem (Guglielmo da Baskerville)

Owen Willetts (Malachia)

Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk)

Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose)

Par Laura Servidei, 28 avril 2025

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“Kate Lindsey shone... delivering an intense and emotionally charged portrayal of the young monk”

Critique faite à Teatro alla Scala, Milan, le 27 avril 2025

Filidei, Il nome della rosa

Teatro alla Scala

Ingo Metzmacher, Direction

Damiano Michieletto, Mise en scène

Paolo Fantin, Décors

Carla Teti, Costumes

Alessandro Carletti, Lumières

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Lucas Meachem, Guglielmo da Baskerville

Kate Lindsey, Adso da Melk

Katrina Galka, La Ragazza del Villaggio, Statua della Vergine

Gianluca Buratto, Jorge da Burgos

Daniela Barcellona, Bernardo Gui

Marco Filippo Romano, Abbone da Fossanova

Roberto Frontali, Salvatore

Giorgio Berrugi, Remigio da Varagine

Owen Willetts, Malachia

Giovanni Sala, Severino da Sant’Emmerano

Carlo Vistoli, Berengario da Arundel, Adelmo da Otranto

Leonardo Cortellazzi, Venanzio, Giovanni Dalbena

Adrien Mathonat, Girolamo Vescovo di Caffa, Cuciniere

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****1

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

World premiere success for Francesco Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala