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Tag Archives: Tiziano Santi
Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford
Synott: La cucina Rossini: Adina Wexford Festival Opera, 24th October 2019 As operatic incarcerations go, being confined to a giant wedding cake isn’t so bad. This is the fate of the heroine in Rossini’s Adina, or at least in Rosetta … Continue reading
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Tagged Adina, Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera, Claudia Pernigotti, Daniele Antonangeli, Emmanuel Franco, La cucina, Levy Sekgapane, Luca Nucera, Máire Flavin, Manuel Amati, Michele Spotti, Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera, Rachel Kelly, Rosetta Cucchi, Rossini, Sheldon Baxter, Simon Corder, Synott, Tiziano Santi, Wexford Festival Opera
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Musical statues: Impressive singing in Ronconi’s static Semiramide in Florence
Rossini: Semiramide *** Opera di Firenze, Florence, 29th September 2016 The production photos look good. Italian director Luca Ronconi, who died last year, had an eye for a striking image. His 2011 production of Rossini’s Semiramide at Naples’ Teatro San Carlo, staged … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Walker, Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Jessica Pratt, Juan Francisco Gatell, Luca Ronconi, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mirco Palazzi, Oleg Tsybulko, Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rossini, Semiramide, Silvia Tro Santafé, Tiziano Santi, Tonia Langella
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Ivory Gothic madness: a visceral Guglielmo Ratcliff in Wexford
Mascagni: Guglielmo Ratcliff ***** Wexford Festival Opera, 22nd October 2015 Craziness is part of the territory with tenors. Opportunities to see Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff come few and far between, mainly because the title role is an absolute killer for any tenor … Continue reading