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Pietro il Grande, Czar delle Russie: young Donizetti pays his debt to Rossini

By Renato Verga, 16 November 2019
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Reviewed at Teatro Sociale, Bergamo on 15 November 2019
Programme
Donizetti, Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie
Performers
Fondazione Donizetti
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor
Marco Paciotti, Director, Set Designer
K.B. Project, Costume Designer
Marco Alba, Lighting Designer
Loriana Castellano, Caterina
Francisco Brito, Carlo Scavronski
Roberto de Candia, Pietro il Grande
Paola Gardina, Madam Fritz
Marco Filippo Romano, Ser Cuccupis
Tommaso Barea, Firman Trombest
Nina Solodovnikova, Annetta Mazepa
Marcello Nardis, Hondediski
Fabio Tartari, Choirmaster / chorus director
Coro Donizetti Opera
Gli Originali Orchestra
Lorenzo Pasquali, Director, Set Designer
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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.