Young Mozart returns to Venice: Il sogno di Scipione

Il sogno di Scipione

By Renato Verga, 15 February 2019

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Reviewed at Teatro Malibran, Venice on 14 February 2019

Mozart, Il sogno di Scipione

Teatro La Fenice

Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor

Elena Barbalich, Director

Valentino Buzza, Scipione

Emanuele D'Aguanno, Publio

Luca Cervoni, Emilio

Francesca Boncompagni, Costanza

Bernarda Bobro, Fortuna

Rui Hoshina, La Licenza

Dominique Pitoiset, Director

La clemenza di Tito at La Fenice: splendid score, sterile stage

Laura Servidei, 23rd November

Ivor Bolton leads a great cast in a superb musical production of Mozart’s last masterpiece, in a lukewarm new production by Paul Curran.

****1

Vivaldi’s pasticcio Bajazet given an extravagant staging

Laura Servidei, 7th June

Federico Maria Sardelli leads a great cast of specialists in a new production by Fabio Ceresa, perfectly attuned to the Baroque style.

****1

Orlando furioso: Vivaldi returns to Venice in a Baroque feast

Laura Servidei, 23rd September

Fabio Ceresa's spectacular production to the Teatro Malibran with a strong cast in the hands of Diego Fasolis.

****1

La Fenice closes season with a lively new Fille du regiment

Laura Servidei, 14th October

John Osborn dazzles again as Tonio in a nostalgic new production by Barbe and Doucet, with a strong cast under the baton of Stefano Ranzani.

***11

Full fathom five: Peter Grimes at La Fenice

Elena Luporini, 24th June

Finally reaching the stage of the Venetian theatre, Benjamin Britten's first major opera meets with success thanks to Juraj Valčuha's conducting, Paul Curran's staging and an excellent cast.

*****

Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!

Laura Servidei, 30th April

The Teatro La Fenice reprises Joan Anton Rechi’s production in its full stage version, less inspiring than the one expanded through the whole theatre during Covid times.

***11

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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.