The Queen is back: Semiramide in Pesaro

Par Laura Servidei, 15 août 2019

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“Conductor Michele Mariotti did an extraordinary job with this immense score”

Critique faite à Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro, le 14 août 2019

Rossini, Sémiramis

Rossini Opera Festival

Michele Mariotti, Direction

Graham Vick, Mise en scène

Stuart Nunn, Décors, Costumes

Salome Jicia, Semiramide

Carlo Cigni, Oroe

Nahuel Di Pierro, Assur

Antonino Siragusa, Idreno

Varduhi Abrahamyan, Arsace

Martiniana Antoine, Azema

Alessandro Luciano, Mitrane

Sergey Artamonov, Nino's ghost

Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai

Pizzi’s elegant, black and white Barbiere convinces again in Pesaro

Laura Servidei, 10th August

Rossini’s most famous masterpiece returns to Pesaro in Pier Luigi Pizzi’s beloved production, with a solid cast.

***11

Anastasia Bartoli a regal Ermione at the Rossini Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 9th August

The ROF presents a new production of Ermione, a title not often performed, with a star-studded cast including divo Juan Diego Flórez.

****1

L’equivoco stravagante returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 8th August

Rossini’s ill-fated farce finds new life in the intelligent and enjoyable 2019 production by Leiser and Caurier at the Rossini Opera Festival, featuring a great cast under the unwavering baton of Michele Spotti.

****1

The Rossini Opera Festival comes home! Bianca e Falliero in Pesaro

Laura Servidei, 7th August

Jessica Pratt leads a strong cast in a beautiful performance of one of Rossini’s unjustly forgotten masterpieces, under the spectacular baton of Roberto Abbado, despite an unremarkable new production by Jean-Louis Grinda.

***11

Adelaide di Borgogna returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 13th August

The ROF presents a new, cheeky production of Adelaide, by Arnaud Bernard, based on a unoriginal but very well executed “meta-theatrical” take, with an exemplary cast.

****1

Aureliano in Palmira in Pesaro: where the barber was born

Laura Servidei, 12th August

The Rossini Opera Festival revives a 2014 production by Mario Martone with a young, vibrant cast.

****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.