Livermore’s new Aida: an incredible cinematic experience in Rome

Aida, Act 2 finale

Riccardo Zanellato (Ramfis), Gregory Kunde (Radamès) and Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris)

Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris)

Gregory Kunde (Radamès)

Krassimira Stoyanova (Aida)

By Alissa Balocco, 02 February 2023

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“Aida is thus transformed into a black-and-white film, a ghostly tale”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 31 January 2023

Verdi, Aida

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Michele Mariotti, Conductor

Davide Livermore, Director

Giò Forma, Set Designer

Gianluca Falaschi, Costume Designer

Antonio Castro, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

D-Wok, Set Designer

Krassimira Stoyanova, Aida

Gregory Kunde, Radamès

Ekaterina Semenchuk, Amneris

Vladimir Stoyanov, Amonasro

Riccardo Zanellato, Ramfis

Giorgi Manoshvili, King of Egypt

Veronica Marini, Priestess

Carlo Bosi, A messenger

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Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts

Pia Maltri, 1st March

In an opera rarely staged in Italy, David Hermann skilfully masters the metatheatrical challenges posed by the libretto to Ariadne auf Naxos.

****1

Abandon all hope: Lucia Ronchetti's Inferno receives Italian premiere

Pia Maltri, 19th February

The Italian premiere of Lucia Ronchetti’s Inferno at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma uses Dante’s original verses, but her score fails to match their beauty.

***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

Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

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Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things.

***11

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

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This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

****1

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Alissa Balocco

Born and raised in Rome, Alissa is an Italian pianist, musicologist and journalist. She graduated at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and studied Musicology at University La Sapienza. She is now taking a Master’s Degree in Journalism and Communication at Luiss University and her articles have been published on Music.it, ZetaLuiss and HuffingtonPost. Alissa loves Debussy but, if she could, she would like to be reborn as a Mahler symphony. She can’t live without theatre although her friends would say she obsesses even more about her unconditional love for Amy Winehouse and Soul music.

Davide Livermore’s new Aida proves an incredible cinematic experience in Rome