Elektra in Bologna

By Edoardo Pelligra, 17 November 2015

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“Blood on more blood: the cycle is never ending”

Reviewed at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna on 15 November 2015

Strauss R., Elektra

Teatro Comunale

Lothar Zagrosek, Conductor

Guy Joosten, Director

Manfred Voss, Set Designer, Costume Designer, Lighting Designer

Anna Gabler, Chrysothemis

Elena Nebera, Elektra

Maida Hundeling, Elektra

Natascha Petrinsky, Klytaemnestra

Jan Vacik, Aegisth

Thomas Hall, Orest

Federica Proietti, Maid 3

Eleonora Contucci, Maid 4, Trainbearer

Eva Oltiványi, Maid 5

Paola Francesca Natale, Overseer

Alena Sautier, Confidante, Maid 2

Romina Boscolo, Maid 1

Carlo Putelli, Young Servant

Luca Gallo, Old Servant, Orest's Tutor

Andrea Faidutti, Choirmaster / chorus director

Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Rossini's Turk given in memory of Alberto Zedda

Renato Verga, 12th March

In Livermore's staging the scheme becomes meta-cinematographic: the poet Prosdocimus here has Marcello Mastroianni's features in Fellini's film 8 ½.

***11

Macbeth according to Robert Wilson

Edoardo Pelligra, 17th October

Thanks to Wilson, to an orchestra in great shape, and to an excellent cast, this production was a success. Everybody did his best in the orchestra and in the chorus, without disregarding the soring passages of the score.

****1

Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

Brian Angus, 17th May

What do you do when 80 tonnes of water flood your theatre, your sets and costumes? Rescue, reshape and present what you can. That’s what Deutsche Oper am Rhein have had to do in Duisburg.

***11

Hamburg Bohème a feast for voyeurs

Jonathan Sutherland, 19th December

Johannes Laiacker’s inspired set designs were a perfect example of how a modern setting can avoid being gratuitously iconoclastic.

***11

Quand l’amour de l’art rend fou : Cardillac à l'Opéra de Flandre

Patrice Lieberman, 3rd February

Nouvelle production à l'Opéra de Flandre : le trop rare Cardillac de Hindemith, dans l'excellente mise en scène de Guy Joosten. Menée par le superbe Simon Neal, la distribution homogène contribue à la réussite de l'ouvrage.

****1

Perspectivas audaces: Las bodas de Fígaro en Oviedo

Juan José Freijo, 21st November

El teatro Campoamor acoge una versión ágil, creíble, y magníficamente ensamblada del clásico de Mozart.

****1

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Edoardo Pelligra

Edoardo is a philosophy student in Torino, Italy. He has always been fond of classical music and operas and tries to combine his philosophical studies with music and especially philosophy of music. He is particularly enthusiastic about opera modern adaptations. Edoardo also maintains a strong passion for films, literature and travelling. He also writes reviews in Italian for Operaclick.

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