A tutor in a jam at the Donizetti Opera Festival!

Alex Esposito (Gregorio) and Alessandro Corbelli (Giulio Antiquati)

L’aio nell’imbarazzo

Marilena Ruta (Gilda)

L’aio nell’imbarazzo

By Laura Servidei, 22 November 2022

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“Alex Esposito was heroic in his effort to make the humour shine through”

Reviewed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo on 20 November 2022

Donizetti, L’aio nell’imbarazzo

Fondazione Donizetti

Vincenzo Milletarì, Conductor

Francesco Micheli, Director

Mauro Tinti, Set Designer

Giada Masi, Costume Designer

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

Orchestra Donizetti Opera

Coro Donizetti Opera

Studio Temp, Video

Alessandro Corbelli, Il marchese Giulio Antiquati

Alex Esposito, Gregorio Cordebono

Francesco Lucii, Enrico

Lorenzo Martelli, Pippetto

Marilena Ruta, Gilda

Caterina Dellaere, Leonarda

Lorenzo Liberali, Simone

Artists from Bottega Donizetti, Vocals

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Mark Pullinger, 16th November

Manuel Renga’s sensitive framing device sets up a sympathetic production of a problematic opera, but is scuppered by the central vocal performance.

***11

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Mark Pullinger, 15th November

Il campanello and Deux Hommes et une femme bomb at the Donizetti Opera festival, but the young singers of the Bottega Donizetti – and wily old hand Alessandro Corbelli – impress.

***11

Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo

Mark Pullinger, 14th November

Francesco Micheli reimagines Caterina Cornaro in a contemporary setting, switching to the historical past, to open this year’s Donizetti Opera festival in the composer’s home town.

****1

Young Sicilian soprano grabs the limelight in Bergamo Don Pasquale

Mark Pullinger, 17th November

They came for Javier Camarena, but cheered Giulia Mazzola to the rafters of the Teatro Donizetti as the third production of this year's festival opens.

***11

A modern makeover for Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata

Mark Pullinger, 16th November

Bruno Ravella's effective production was seen in Wexford in its original 1822 version, but Donizetti Opera opts for the composer's 1824 revision, throwing the spotlight onto Cecilia Molinari's excellent Abenamet.

***11

Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux in Bergamo

Mark Pullinger, 15th November

Is Roberto Devereux the finest of Donizetti's four Tudor operas? Stephen Langridge's stylish, stylised production and a wonderful cast under Riccardo Frizza make a great case for it.

****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.

A tutor in a jam! L’ajo nell’imbarazzo at the Donizetti Opera Festival