Cardillac at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

By James Imam, 16 May 2018

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“Luisi kept a steady foot on the pedal, resisting the temptation to go full throttle”

Reviewed at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence on 12 May 2018

Hindemith, Cardillac

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Valerio Binasco, Director

Guido Fiorato, Set Designer

Gianluca Falaschi, Costume Designer

Jennifer Larmore, The Lady

Johannes Chum, Knight

Martin Gantner, Cardillac

Gun-Brit Barkmin, Cardillac's daughter

Ferdinand von Bothmer, Officer

Adriano Gramigni, Provost marshal

Pavel Kudinov, The gold merchant

Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Fabio Luisi conducts Cardillac at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino