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Krzysztof Warlikowski’s spellbinding double bill a huge success in Naples

Barbara Hannigan (Elle) and John Relyea (Bluebeard)
© Luciano Romano
Barbara Hannigan (Elle)
© Luciano Romano
Elīna Garanča (Judith) and John Relyea (Bluebeard)
© Luciano Romano
Elīna Garanča (Judith) and John Relyea (Bluebeard)
© Luciano Romano
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“Edward Gardner's conducting was masterful in orchestral control and sensitivity”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 24 May 2024
Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Poulenc, La Voix humaine
Teatro di San Carlo
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director
Małgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Felice Ross, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Denis Guéguin, Video
John Relyea, Bluebeard
Elīna Garanča, Judith
Barbara Hannigan, Elle
Claude Bardouil, Choreography
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***11
Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours
*****
Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples
***11
Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples
***11
San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework
***11
Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo
****1
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