Lucrezia Borgia: a dark feast in Rome

Lidia Fridman (Lucrezia Borgia) and ensemble

Lidia Fridman (Lucrezia) and Alex Esposito (Alfonso)

Lidia Fridman (Lucrezia)

Lucrezia Borgia Act 2

By Pia Maltri, 19 February 2025

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“as Lucrezia, Lidia Fridman was superlative... particularly suited to the role”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 16 February 2025

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Roberto Abbado, Conductor

Valentina Carrasco, Director

Carles Berga, Set Designer

Silvia Aymonino, Costume Designer

Marco Filibeck, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Lidia Fridman, Lucrezia Borgia

Daniela Mack, Maffio Orsini

Enea Scala, Gennaro

Alex Esposito, Duke Alfonso

Arturo Espinosa, Don Apostolo Gazella

Alessio Verna, Ascanio Petrucci

Eduardo Niave, Oloferno Vitellozzo

Roberto Accurso, Gubetta

Enrico Casari, Rustighello

Rocco Cavalluzzi, Astolfo

Ciro Visco, Choirmaster / chorus director

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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.