Beware Posa! A black, bleak Don Carlo opens season at La Fenice

By Laura Servidei, 01 December 2019

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“Myung-Whun Chung confirmed his status as an extraordinary interpreter of Verdi’s music”

Reviewed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 30 November 2019

Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (Sung in Italian, 4 acts)

Teatro La Fenice

Myung-whun Chung, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director, Lighting Designer

Radu Boruzescu, Set Designer

Petra Reinhardt, Costume Designer

Alex Esposito, Filippo II

Piero Pretti, Don Carlo

Julian Kim, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

Maria Agresta, Elisabetta di Valois

Veronica Simeoni, La Principessa Eboli

Marco Spotti, Il Grande Inquisitore

Barbara Massaro, Tebaldo

Gilda Fiume, Una voce dal cielo

Luca Casalin, Il Conte di Lerma

Matteo Roma, Un araldo reale

Leonard Bernad, Un frate

Coro del Teatro La Fenice

Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

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****1

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****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.