An elephant in the room: Graham Vick's new Figaro opens in Rome

Le nozze di Figaro

Federica Lombardi (Countess) and Elena Sancho Pereg (Susanna)

Vito Priante (Figaro) and Elena Sancho Pereg (Susanna)

By Renato Verga, 04 November 2018

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“Lombardi received the most thunderous applause, the audience enchanted by her phrasing and legato”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 3 November 2018

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Stefano Montanari, Conductor

Graham Vick, Director

Samal Blak, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Count Almaviva

Alessandro Luongo, Count Almaviva

Federica Lombardi, Countess Almaviva

Valentina Varriale, Countess Almaviva

Vito Priante, Figaro

Simone Del Savio, Figaro

Elena Sancho Pereg, Susanna

Benedetta Torre, Susanna

Miriam Albano, Cherubino

Reut Ventorero, Cherubino

Matteo Falcier, Don Basilio

Angela Nisi, Barbarina

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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Renato Verga

Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.