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Anna Netrebko and Ludovic Tézier shine in a starry triumph for La Gioconda in Naples

Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda)
© Luciano Romano
Ludovic Tézier (Barnaba)
© Luciano Romano
La Gioconda
© Luciano Romano
La Gioconda
© Luciano Romano
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“a grey and mysterious city lit by flames where tragedy hovers on every corner”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 10 April 2024
Ponchielli, La Gioconda
Teatro di San Carlo
Pinchas Steinberg, Conductor
Romain Gilbert, Director
Étienne Pluss, Set Designer
Christian Lacroix, Costume Designer
Valerio Tiberi, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Anna Netrebko, La Gioconda
Jonas Kaufmann, Enzo Grimaldo
Alexander Köpeczi, Alvise Badoero
Ève-Maud Hubeaux, Laura Adorno
Ludovic Tézier, Barnaba
Kseniia Nikolaieva, La Cieca
Lorenzo Mazzucchelli, Zuàne, Pilot
Roberto Covatta, Isèpo
Giuseppe Todisco, Monk
Vincent Chaillet, Choreography
Rosa Feola’s Lucia rescues a San Carlo production showing its age
***11
Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours
*****
Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples
***11
Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples
***11
San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework
***11
Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo
****1
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