A superb Orfeo ed Euridice opens the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Cecilia Bartoli (Orfeo)

Orfeo ed Euridice dancers

Cecilia Bartoli (Orfeo) and dancers

Mélissa Petit (Euridice)

By Laura Servidei, 28 May 2023

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“Orfeo, through her multi-coloured voice, screamed his horror, whispered his love”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 26 May 2023

Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (new production)

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Christof Loy, Director, Choreography

Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer

Ursula Renzenbrink, Costume Designer

Olaf Winter, Lighting Designer

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

Il Canto di Orfeo

Cecilia Bartoli, Orfeo

Mélissa Petit, Euridice

Madison Nonoa, Amore

Clara Cozzolino, Dancer

Gorka Culebras, Dancer

Carla Pérez Mora, Dancer

Sandra Pericou-Habaillou, Dancer

Guillaume Rabain, Dancer

Giulia Tornarolli, Dancer

Nicky Van Cleef, Dancer

Haizam Fathy, Dancer

Pascu Ortí, Dancer

Yannick Bosc

Yuka Eda

Oskar Eon

Mark-Krister Haav

Jarosław Kruczek

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***11

Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki

No’a L. bat Miri, 19th November

Christof Loy’s psychological staging returns to the stage of Finnish National Opera, with Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid compelling in the title role.

****1

Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE

David Karlin, 22nd March

Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.

****1

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Zenaida des Aubris, 29th September

Christof Loy and Carlo Rizzi score a great success in bringing Respighi’s rarely performed opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

****1

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David Karlin, 12th January

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****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.