Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

Mattia Olivieri and Cecilia Bartoli

Une Folle journée

Mattia Olivieri

Lea Desandre and ensemble

Daniil Trifonov and Cecilia Bartoli

Par Laura Servidei, 20 mai 2024

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“sets the scene in an imaginary ‘Lorenzo da Ponte’ airport, where the main airline is WAM (wink wink)”

Critique faite à Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, le 18 mai 2024

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro), K492: extraits

Mozart, Così fan tutte, K588: extraits

Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527: excerpts

Gianluca Capuano, Direction

Davide Livermore, Mise en scène, Lumières

Giò Forma, Décors

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

D-Wok, Vidéaste

Mélissa Petit, Soprano

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Lea Desandre, Mezzo-soprano

Anna Tetruashvili, Mezzo-soprano

Daniel Behle, Ténor

Rolando Villazón, Ténor

Alessandro Corbelli, Basse

Ruben Drole, Baryton-basse

Mattia Olivieri, Baryton

Don Giovanni aux Chorégies : un taxi jaune à Orange

François Jestin, 6th August

Aux Chorégies d'Orange, Davide Livermore propose une lecture neuve et convaincante de Don Giovanni, rehaussée par les projections vidéo. Karine Deshayes et Erwin Schrott se distinguent dans une distribution cohérente.

****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

A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare

Mengguang Huang, 28th March

Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and dramatic logic for Netflix-style spectacle.

***11

Livermore’s successful Bohème opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 14th January

Originally staged at the Caracalla Baths in 2014, Davide Livermore’s production comes in from the cold.

****1

Neorealist nostalgia: Monteverdi’s Ulisse in post-war Sicily

Laura Servidei, 13th June

Davide Livermore creates a successful production of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria at the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona, with a great cast led by Mauro Borgioni.

****1

Magnífica Giovanna d'Arco en Tenerife con Auyanet y Hernández

Ramón Pereira Blanco, 29th March

La poco frecuente ópera de Verdi, Giovanna d'Arco recibió un excelente tratamiento sobre el escenario del Auditorio de Tenerife con un elenco solvente y una orquesta y coro a la misma altura.

****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.

Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at Salzburg's Whitsun Festival