Atmospheric Simon Boccanegra at La Fenice

Par Simon Rees, 03 décembre 2014

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Critique faite à Teatro La Fenice, Venise, le 30 novembre 2014

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra

Teatro La Fenice

Myung-whun Chung, Direction

Andrea de Rosa, Mise en scène, Décors

Alessandro Lai, Costumes

Simone Piazzola, Simon Boccanegra

Maria Agresta, Amelia Grimaldi

Francesco Meli, Gabriele Adorno

Giacomo Prestia, Jacopo Fiesco

Julian Kim, Paolo Albiani

Luca Dall'Amico, Pietro

La clemenza di Tito at La Fenice: splendid score, sterile stage

Laura Servidei, 23rd November

Ivor Bolton leads a great cast in a superb musical production of Mozart’s last masterpiece, in a lukewarm new production by Paul Curran.

****1

Vivaldi’s pasticcio Bajazet given an extravagant staging

Laura Servidei, 7th June

Federico Maria Sardelli leads a great cast of specialists in a new production by Fabio Ceresa, perfectly attuned to the Baroque style.

****1

Orlando furioso: Vivaldi returns to Venice in a Baroque feast

Laura Servidei, 23rd September

Fabio Ceresa's spectacular production to the Teatro Malibran with a strong cast in the hands of Diego Fasolis.

****1

Un Ernani desacomplejado y gótico en Les Arts

Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 7th June

Les Arts concluyó la temporada con Ernani en una producción que concita tradición y modernidad, en torno a una lectura musical desprejuiciada y una versión basada en el drama gótico original.

***11

La Fenice closes season with a lively new Fille du regiment

Laura Servidei, 14th October

John Osborn dazzles again as Tonio in a nostalgic new production by Barbe and Doucet, with a strong cast under the baton of Stefano Ranzani.

***11

Full fathom five: Peter Grimes at La Fenice

Elena Luporini, 24th June

Finally reaching the stage of the Venetian theatre, Benjamin Britten's first major opera meets with success thanks to Juraj Valčuha's conducting, Paul Curran's staging and an excellent cast.

*****

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Simon Rees

Simon Rees writes programme articles and surtitles for most British opera companies, and reviews for Opera, Opera Now, Musical Opinion, Early Music Today and a wide range of other publications. A novelist, poet and librettist, from 1989 to 2012 he was dramaturg at Welsh National Opera. He lives in Cardiff.

Atmospheric Simon Boccanegra brings out the best of La Fenice