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Il Bajazet: Vivaldi’s pasticcio given an extravagant staging at the Teatro Malibran

Renato Dolcini (Bajazet)
© Michele Crosera
Renato Dolcini (Bajazet)
© Michele Crosera
Sonia Prina (Tamerlano)
© Michele Crosera
Loriana Castellano (Asteria)
© Michele Crosera
Valeria La Grotta (Idaspe)
© Michele Crosera
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“dressed as Super Mario... running against a backdrop of the video game, without missing a beat!”
Reviewed at Teatro Malibran, Venice on 7 June 2024
Vivaldi, Bajazet (Il Tamerlano), RV 703
Teatro La Fenice
Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor
Fabio Ceresa, Director
Massimo Checchetto, Set Designer
Giuseppe Palella, Costume Designer
Fabio Barettin, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Renato Dolcini, Bajazet
Sonia Prina, Tamerlano
Lucia Cirillo, Irene
Loriana Castellano, Asteria
Raffaele Pe, Andronicus
Valeria La Grotta, Idaspe
La clemenza di Tito at La Fenice: splendid score, sterile stage
****1
Orlando furioso: Vivaldi returns to Venice in a Baroque feast
****1
La Fenice closes season with a lively new Fille du regiment
***11
Full fathom five: Peter Grimes at La Fenice
*****
Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!
***11
Vocal performances enliven a sleepy Griselda at the Teatro Malibran
**111
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