Rossini’s Tancredi as a Sicilian puppet show in Rome

Carlo Vistoli (Tancredi)

Ekaterine Buachidze (Isaure)

Luca Tittoto (Orbazzano), Ekaterine Buachidze (Isaura) and Antonino Siragusa (Argirio)

Tancredi at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Martina Russomanno (Amenaide) and Carlo Vistoli (Tancredi)

By Pia Maltri, 22 May 2026

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“Carlo Vistoli’s performance was an absolute triumph”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 19 May 2026

Rossini, Tancredi

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Michele Mariotti, Conductor

Emma Dante, Director, Costume Designer

Carmine Maringola, Set Designer

Luigi Biondi, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chicca Ruocco, Costume Designer

Carlo Vistoli, Tancredi

Martina Russomanno, Amenaide

Ekaterine Buachidze, Isaura

Maria Elena Pepi, Roggiero

Antonino Siragusa, Argirio

Luca Tittoto, Orbazzano

Manuela Lo Sicco, Choreography

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.

No strings attached: Rossini’s Tancredi as a Sicilian puppet show in Rome