Salzburg Barbiere is an exuberant celebration of old movies

Nicola Alaimo (Figaro), Edgardo Rocha (Almaviva), Cecilia Bartoli (Rosina) and Arturo Brachetti

Edgardo Rocha (Almaviva), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Bartolo) and Cecilia Bartoli (Rosina)

Arturo Brachetti and Cecilia Bartoli (Rosina)

Nicola Alaima (Figaro) and ensemble

Arturo Brachetti

By Laura Servidei, 06 August 2022

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“[Bartoli's] command of Rossini has no rivals”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 4 August 2022

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Rolando Villazón, Director

Harald Thor, Set Designer

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costume Designer

Stefan Bolliger, Lighting Designer

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

Philharmonia Chor Wien

rocafilm, Video

Christian Arseni, Dramaturgy

Cecilia Bartoli, Rosina

Edgardo Rocha, Count Almaviva

Nicola Alaimo, Figaro

Alessandro Corbelli, Dr Bartolo

Ildar Abdrazakov, Don Basilio

José Coca Loza, Fiorello

Philippe Giraudeau, Choreography

Walter Zeh, Choirmaster / chorus director

L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 8th March

A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.

****1

Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

Susan Stempleski, 6th October

Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork.

****1

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

Laura Servidei, 18th May

Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.

****1

A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche

Orsolya Gyárfás, 25th January

While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.

***11

Superb cast delivers delights in the Met’s family-friendly Magic Flute

Susan Stempleski, 8th December

Julie Taymor's whimsical 2004 staging of Mozart's Singspiel continues to please in the Met's condensed, English-language version.

****1

A Haydn rarity: L’anima del filosofo at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Laura Servidei, 27th May

The festival presents an illuminist take on the myth of Orpheus in a convincing concert performance of a rarely performed opera by Haydn.

****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.