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Il borgomastro di Saardam: Donizetti's opera buffa revived in Bergamo

By Renato Verga, 27 November 2017
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“rich pages of bel canto agility and coloratura, impeccably performed by Irina Dubrovskaya”
Reviewed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo on 26 November 2017
Programme
Donizetti, Il borgomastro di Saardam
Performers
Fondazione Donizetti
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor
Davide Ferrario, Director
Francesca Bocca, Set Designer
Giada Masi, Costume Designer
Giorgio Caoduro, The Tsar (Peter the Great)
Juan Francisco Gatell, Pietro Flimann
Andrea Concetti, Timoteo Spaccafronna
Irina Dubrovskaya, Marietta
Aya Wakizono, Carlotta
Pietro Di Bianco, Leforte
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Renato Verga
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.