A Teatro Nuovo performance with a thieving magpie and silvery voices

By Edward Sava-Segal, 20 July 2019

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Reviewed at Jazz at Lincoln Center: Rose Theater, New York City on 18 July 2019

Rossini, La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)

Teatro Nuovo

Rachelle Jonck, Conductor

Alisa Jordheim, Ninetta

Hannah Ludwig, Pippo

Oliver Sewell, Giannetto

Erik Van Heyningen, Fernando Villabella

Hans Tashjian, Il Podestà

Allison Gish, Lucia

Rob McGinness, Fabrizio Vingradito

Spencer Viator, Isacco

Jacob Wright, Antonio

Samuel Ferreira, Giorgio

Peter Warren, Ernesto

Young stars shine in Teatro Nuovo's Poliuto

Kevin W Ng, 19th July

Soprano Chelsea Lehnea is a revelation in a rare opportunity to see Donizetti's operatic take on the early Christian martyr Polyeuctus.

****1

Bellini's mysterious Straniera appears in New York

Robert Levine, 17th July

The recently formed Teatro Nuovo provide fine entertainment with Bellini's rarely performed second opera.

*****

Teatro Nuovo sheds new light on bel canto’s beginnings

Edward Sava-Segal, 5th August

Maestro Crutchfield carefully underlined the transitional character of the music, neither Classical nor Romantic.

****1

A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival

Andrew Larkin, 27th May

Tom Creed’s witty production at Lismore Castle delivers strong singing, sharp comedy and lively orchestral playing, even if the opera’s darker supernatural edges are somewhat diminished.

****1

Werther revived at San Carlo: an anatomy of emotional isolation

Lorenzo Fiorito, 26th May

Willy Decker’s psychologically intense Werther returns to the Teatro di San Carlo with a deeply human interpretation by Francesco Demuro and refined conducting by Lorenzo Passerini.

*****

A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg

Laura Servidei, 25th May

In Barrie Kosky’s hyperactive staging, Il viaggio a Reims becomes a birthday tribute to Cecilia Bartoli complete with rewritten text, extravagant costumes, sexual escapades and a giant cake.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.