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Opulent Turin Macbeth arrives at Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe, 20 August 2017
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“Noseda drew thrilling playing from the orchestra”
Reviewed at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on 18 August 2017
Programme
Verdi, Macbeth
Performers
Teatro Regio di Torino
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
Emma Dante, Director
Carmine Maringola, Set Designer
Vanessa Sannino, Costume Designer
Dalibor Jenis, Macbeth
Anna Pirozzi, Lady Macbeth
Marko Mimica, Banquo
Piero Pretti, Macduff
Alexandra Zabala, Lady in Waiting
Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
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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
On the female condition: two 20th-century operas in Turin
Renato Verga, 16th May
Two different variations of the female conditions: one of 1909 and now utterly out-of-date, the second of 1959 much more ut-to-date.
****1
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David Smythe
David Smythe
David the farmer was drawn into music through choirs, orchestras, taking part in and directing 'serious' opera as a student. Passionate about live classical music, particularly chamber opera, unusual pieces and events and giving the next generation the tools to engage with the classical world.