Love is merely a madness: I puritani in Rome

By Elena Luporini, 21 April 2022

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“Roberto Abbado’s interpretation drew on a tradition that treasures balance and composure”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 19 April 2022

Bellini, I puritani

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Roberto Abbado, Conductor

Andrea de Rosa, Director

Nicolas Bovey, Set Designer

Mariano Tufano, Costume Designer

Pasquale Mari, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Jessica Pratt, Elvira

John Osborn, Lord Arturo Talbo

Franco Vassallo, Sir Riccardo Forth

Nicola Ulivieri, Sir Giorgio Valton

Roberto Lorenzi, Lord Gualtiero Valton

Rodrigo Ortiz, Sir Bruno Roberton

Irene Savignano, Enrichetta

Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Pia Maltri, 7th April

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts

Pia Maltri, 1st March

In an opera rarely staged in Italy, David Hermann skilfully masters the metatheatrical challenges posed by the libretto to Ariadne auf Naxos.

****1

Abandon all hope: Lucia Ronchetti's Inferno receives Italian premiere

Pia Maltri, 19th February

The Italian premiere of Lucia Ronchetti’s Inferno at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma uses Dante’s original verses, but her score fails to match their beauty.

***11

Livermore’s successful Bohème opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 14th January

Originally staged at the Caracalla Baths in 2014, Davide Livermore’s production comes in from the cold.

****1

Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

Pia Maltri, 27th November

Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things.

***11

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Pia Maltri, 11th October

This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

****1

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Elena Luporini

After completing their Master's degree in Musicology in Rome, Elena has now moved to Berlin to dedicate themselves to more things musical. With a publication on Béla Bartók and a seminar at the Humboldt-Universität underway, their interests mostly veer toward 20th-century opera, with some forays into queer musicology. Some of their latest undertakings also include oboe lessons, stencil-making and tea-making.