Hotel Metamorphosis: Vivaldi reborn through Ovid's lens in Salzburg

Nadezhda Karyazina and Cecilia Bartoli in Hotel Metamorphosis

Philippe Jaroussky in Hotel Metamorphosis

Lea Desandre in Hotel Metamorphosis

Cecilia Bartoli (center) and the company of Hotel Metamorphosis

By Laura Servidei, 10 June 2025

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“Her coloratura was impeccable, her mezzo luminous in the upper register”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 8 June 2025

Vivaldi, Hotel Metamorphosis

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Michael Levine, Set Designer

Klaus Bruns, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

rocafilm, Video

Olaf Schmitt, Dramaturgy

Il Canto di Orfeo

Jacopo Facchini, Choirmaster / chorus director

Otto Pichler, Choreography

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Nadezhda Karyazina, Mezzo-soprano

Lea Desandre, Mezzo-soprano

Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor

Angela Winkler, Mezzo-soprano

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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.