Ricciardo e Zoraide: Orientalism at the Rossini Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei, 16 August 2018

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“Juan Diego Flórez... his high notes were bright and confident, his coloratura exhilarating”

Reviewed at Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro on 14 August 2018

Rossini, Ricciardo e Zoraide

Giacomo Sagripanti, Conductor

Marshall Pynkoski, Director

Gerard Gauci, Set Designer

Michael Gianfrancesco, Costume Designer

Sergey Romanovsky, Agorante

Victoria Yarovaya, Zomira

Ruzil Gatin, Zamorre

Martiniana Antoine, Elmira

Nicola Ulivieri, Ircano

Pretty Yende, Zoraide

Juan Diego Flórez, Ricciardo

Xabier Anduaga, Ernesto

Sofia Mchedlishvili, Fatima

Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai

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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.