Rinaldo given a rock makeover in Martina Franca

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 01 August 2018

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Reviewed at Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca on 29 July 2018

Handel, Rinaldo

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Giorgio Sangati, Director

Alberto Nonnato, Set Designer

Gianluca Sbicca, Costume Designer

Teresa Iervolino, Rinaldo

Loriana Castellano, Almirena

Carmela Remigio, Armida

Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Goffredo

Francesca Ascioti, Argante

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Lorenzo Fiorito

Lorenzo Fiorito holds degrees in Humanities and in Languages and Literatures, and a Phd in Languages for Special Purposes. He is a lecturer in historical musicological subjects at the Pegaso University, Naples, the Universitas Mercatorum, Rome and MEDEA Higher Education Institution, Malta, currently researching musicology as a special language. He is a member of the National Music Critics Association and of the Italian Society of Musicology. He edited a series of volumes in Musicology and History of Music for the publisher Diana Edizioni, mainly concerning the Neapolitan School of Music of the 18th century, and is the founder and artistic director of the “Francesco Durante Festival” in Frattamaggiore.

Who are the champions? Rinaldo given a rock makeover in Martina Franca