Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

Mattia Olivieri and Cecilia Bartoli

Une Folle journée

Mattia Olivieri

Lea Desandre and ensemble

Daniil Trifonov and Cecilia Bartoli

By Laura Servidei, 20 May 2024

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“sets the scene in an imaginary ‘Lorenzo da Ponte’ airport, where the main airline is WAM (wink wink)”

Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 18 May 2024

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: excerpts

Mozart, Così fan tutte, K588: excerpts

Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527: excerpts

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Davide Livermore, Director, Lighting Designer

Giò Forma, Set Designer

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

D-Wok, Video

Mélissa Petit, Soprano

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Lea Desandre, Mezzo-soprano

Anna Tetruashvili, Mezzo-soprano

Daniel Behle, Tenor

Rolando Villazón, Tenor

Alessandro Corbelli, Bass

Ruben Drole, Bass-baritone

Mattia Olivieri, Baritone

Diamonds and steel: Anna Pirozzi rules in La Scala’s Turandot revival

Laura Servidei, 12th April

Visually enchanting and meticulously staged, this centenary revival confirms Livermore's production as a modern classic.

****1

A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare

Mengguang Huang, 28th March

Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and dramatic logic for Netflix-style spectacle.

***11

Livermore’s successful Bohème opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 14th January

Originally staged at the Caracalla Baths in 2014, Davide Livermore’s production comes in from the cold.

****1

Neorealist nostalgia: Monteverdi’s Ulisse in post-war Sicily

Laura Servidei, 13th June

Davide Livermore creates a successful production of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria at the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona, with a great cast led by Mauro Borgioni.

****1

スカラ座、プッチーニ没後100周年を祝う華麗な《トゥーランドット》を上演

Laura Servidei, 28th June

アンナ·ネトレプコとローザ·フェオラ、ダヴィデ·リヴァーモアの豪華な舞台で輝く。

****1

La Scala salutes Giacomo Puccini with a spectacular new Turandot

Laura Servidei, 28th June

Anna Netrebko and Rosa Feola shine in an extravagant new production by director Davide Livermore.

****1

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at Salzburg's Whitsun Festival