Zwischen Revue und Commedia dell'arte: Rossinis Barbiere di Siviglia

By Rainer Zerbst, 12 April 2021

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“vor allem aber das Liebespaar zeigt Rossinikultur in Exzellenz”

Reviewed at Teatro Municipale Valli di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia on 11 April 2021

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia

Teatro comunale di Modena

Leonardo Sini, Conductor

Fabio Cherstich, Director

Nicolas Bovey, Set Designer

Arthur Arbesser, Costume Designer

Marco Giusti, Lighting Designer

Michela Antenucci, Rosina

César Cortés, Count Almaviva

Simone Del Savio, Figaro

Pablo García Ruiz, Dr Bartolo

Guido Loconsolo, Don Basilio

Alex Martini, Fiorello

Ana Victória Pitts, Berta

Coro Claudio Merulo di Reggio Emilia

Filarmonica dell'Opera Italiana Bruno Bartoletti

La Gioconda in Modena

Renato Verga, 25th March

Every time Ponchielli’s La Gioconda is staged its popular fortune is renewed, but the diffidence of the musicography also remains unchanged.

***11

Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre

Eleanor Knight, 1st May

Tales of love and loss as operas by Elena Langer, Charlotte Bray and Elizabeth Maconchy form a varied triple bill in this showcase for The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists.

****1

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

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Rainer Zerbst

Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".

Zwischen Revue und Commedia dell'arte: Rossinis Barbiere di Siviglia aus Reggio Emilia