Alexander Malofeev impresses with Rachmaninov and more in Naples

Alexander Malofeev, Dan Ettinger and the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo

Dan Ettinger

Par Lorenzo Fiorito, 16 février 2023

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“Malofeev... displayed sensitivity and crystal clarity”

Critique faite à Teatro Politeama, Naples, le 14 février 2023

Rachmaninov, Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 2 en ut mineur, Op.18

Tchaïkovski, The Nutcracker, Op.71: Pas de deux (trans. Pletnev)

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major, Op.83: Precipitato

Medtner, Mélodies oubliées: Canzona serenata, Op.38 no. 6

Rimski-Korsakov, Shéhérazade, op.35

Alexander Malofeev, Piano

Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo

Dan Ettinger, Direction

L'époustouflant Iago de Ludovic Tézier au Festival d'Aix

Irma Foletti, 17th July

Le baryton français incarne corps, voix et âme le personnage maléfique de l'Otello de Verdi, dans une version de concert mémorable donnée au Grand Théâtre de Provence.

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À l'heure beethovénienne

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 22nd November

Toute pérégrination italienne près de Pompéi et Herculanum mène à Naples ; au Teatro San Carlo, le chef chinois Muhai Tang dirigeait un programme entièrement consacré à Beethoven.

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Rosa Feola’s Lucia rescues a San Carlo production showing its age

Lorenzo Fiorito, 11th March

Gianni Amelio's 2021 production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro di San Carlo serves the music, but it no longer commands the same sense of discovery.

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Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours

Lorenzo Fiorito, 15th February

The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice.

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Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 18th January

Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism.

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Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 14th December

Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images.

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Lorenzo Fiorito

Lorenzo Fiorito holds degrees in Humanities and in Languages and Literatures, and a Phd in Languages for Special Purposes. He is a lecturer in historical musicological subjects at the Pegaso University, Naples, the Universitas Mercatorum, Rome and MEDEA Higher Education Institution, Malta, currently researching musicology as a special language. He is a member of the National Music Critics Association and of the Italian Society of Musicology. He edited a series of volumes in Musicology and History of Music for the publisher Diana Edizioni, mainly concerning the Neapolitan School of Music of the 18th century, and is the founder and artistic director of the “Francesco Durante Festival” in Frattamaggiore.