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Donizetti Festival’s Il diluvio universale drowned in a torrent of distracting video

Il diluvio universale
© Gianfranco Rota
Il diluvio universale
© Gianfranco Rota
Enea Scala (Cadmo)
© Gianfranco Rota
Il diluvio universale
© Gianfranco Rota
Il diluvio universale
© Gianfranco Rota
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“projected video material so potent and unrelenting that it often overwhelms the performers”
Reviewed at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo on 17 November 2023
Donizetti, Il diluvio universale
Fondazione Donizetti
Riccardo Frizza, Conductor
Masbedo, Director, Costume Designer
2050+, Set Designer
Fiammetta Baldisseri, Lighting Designer
Orchestra Donizetti Opera
Coro dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Mariano Furlani, Visual dramaturgy
Nahuel Di Pierro, Noè
Nicolò Donini, Jafet
Davide Zaccherini, Sem
Eduardo Martínez Flores, Cam
Sabrina Gárdez, Tesbite
Enea Scala, Cadmo
Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Sela
Maria Elena Pepi, Ada
Salvo Sgrò, Choirmaster / chorus director
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