On the female condition: two 20th-century operas in Turin

By Renato Verga, 17 May 2018

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“the music seems to come from the words themselves”

Reviewed at Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin on 16 May 2018

Poulenc, La Voix humaine

Wolf-Ferrari, Il segreto di Susanna

Teatro Regio di Torino

Diego Matheuz, Conductor

Ludovic Lagarde, Director

Antoine Vasseur, Set Designer

Fanny Brouste, Costume Designer

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Elle, Countess Susanna

Vittorio Prato, Count Gil

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Lidwine Prolonge, Video

Bruno Danjoux, Actor

Riccardo Muti triumphs with Un ballo in maschera in Turin

Laura Servidei, 23rd February

The Teatro Regio di Torino presents Andrea de Rosa's new production of Verdi’s operal, with a solid cast under the baton of Riccardo Muti.

***11

The Pearl Fishers: Turin opens its operatic season

Renato Verga, 3rd October

The staging sways between tackiness and naivety, like those old Christmas cards with sequins glued to the edges of the figures.

**111

The first modern staged performance of Paër’s Agnese in Turin

Laura Servidei, 17th March

The Teatro Regio presents a Classical rarity with echoes of Mozart and anticipations of Rossini. Diego Fasolis conducts with imagination and spunk.

***11

In Turin's Trovatore, the women carry the day

Renato Verga, 10th October

Female voices dominate in the vocal cast: Rachel Willis-Sørensen debuts as Leonora and charms the audience; Anna Maria Chiuri has the temperament and rich vocality requested by the role of the gypsy.

***11

A strong Italian cast for Così fan tutte in Turin

Laura Servidei, 1st July

Diego Fasolis gives an enlightened, 18th-century account of the Mozart/da Ponte masterpiece, with great precision and elegance.

****1

I Lombardi alla prima crociata returns to Turin after 93 years

James Imam, 20th April

The director presents the story clearly enough, but apart from that, there is not much going for this production.

***11

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Renato Verga

Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.