Macerata's Don Giovanni: a yellow cab to hell

By Renato Verga, 02 August 2020

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Reviewed at Arena Sferisterio, Macerata on 31 July 2020

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor

Davide Livermore, Director, Set Designer

Mattia Olivieri, Don Giovanni

Tommaso Barea, Leporello

Karen Gardeazabal, Donna Anna

Valentina Mastrangelo, Donna Elvira

Lavinia Bini, Zerlina

Giovanni Sala, Don Ottavio

Davide Giangregorio, Masetto

Antonio Di Matteo, The Commendatore

Antonio Castro, Lighting Designer

D-Wok, Video

Stéphanie Putegnat, Costume Designer

Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"

Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana

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Renato Verga

Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.