World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala

Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk) and ensemble

Lucas Meachem (Guglielmo da Baskerville)

Owen Willetts (Malachia)

Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk)

Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose)

By Laura Servidei, 28 April 2025

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“Kate Lindsey shone... delivering an intense and emotionally charged portrayal of the young monk”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 27 April 2025

Filidei, Il nome della rosa

Teatro alla Scala

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Damiano Michieletto, Director

Paolo Fantin, Set Designer

Carla Teti, Costume Designer

Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Lucas Meachem, Guglielmo da Baskerville

Kate Lindsey, Adso da Melk

Katrina Galka, La Ragazza del Villaggio, Statua della Vergine

Gianluca Buratto, Jorge da Burgos

Daniela Barcellona, Bernardo Gui

Marco Filippo Romano, Abbone da Fossanova

Roberto Frontali, Salvatore

Giorgio Berrugi, Remigio da Varagine

Owen Willetts, Malachia

Giovanni Sala, Severino da Sant’Emmerano

Carlo Vistoli, Berengario da Arundel, Adelmo da Otranto

Leonardo Cortellazzi, Venanzio, Giovanni Dalbena

Adrien Mathonat, Girolamo Vescovo di Caffa, Cuciniere

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

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