Impeccable execution of Haydn's La Creazione in Martina Franca

By Pia Maltri, 27 July 2021

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Reviewed at Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca on 23 July 2021

Haydn, The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob XXI:2

Fattoria Vittadini

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Fabio Ceresa, Director

Tiziano Santi, Set Designer

Gianluca Falaschi, Costume Designer

Pasquale Mari, Lighting Designer

Gianmaria Sposito, Costume Designer

Sabrina Sanza, Eve

Vasyl Solodkyy, Uriel

Alessio Arduini, Raphael

Jan Antem, Adam

Rosalia Cid, Gabriel

Coro Ghislieri

Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari

Mattia Agatiello, Choreography

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.