Rossinian dolce vita

Claudio Vellutini

miércoles, 30 de agosto de 2017

Pesaro, viernes, 11 de agosto de 2017.

Adriatic Arena. Gioachino Rossini, La pietra di paragone. Pier Luigi Pizzi, director, set designer, and costume designer. Vincenzo Raponi, lighting designer. Aya Wakizono (Marchesa Clarice), Aurora Faggioli (Baronessa Aspasia), Marina Monzò (Donna Fulvia), Gianluca Margheri (Conte Asdrubale), Maxim Mironov (Cavalier Giocondo), Davide Luciano (Macrobio), Paolo Bordogna (Pacuvio), William Corrò (Fabrizio). Richard Barker, fortepiano. Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso. Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI. Giovanni Farina, chorus master. Daniele Rustioni, conductor. Festival Rossini 2017

La pietra di paragone, one of Rossini’s earliest triumphs (Milan, 1812), had been missing from the Rossini Opera Festival since 2002, and finally returned back this year. For the occasion the Festival asked director Pier Luigi Pizzi to revive and revamp his 2002 production. Over the past fifteen years, Pizzi’s staging has circulated widely; in 2007 it was filmed in Madrid and made available on DVD. Back in Pesaro, Pizzi adapted his sleek, stylish, modern-costume production not only to a different space (the original run took place at the Palafestival, while the revival was hosted at the Adriatic Arena), but also to a cast made up of young, dashing singers. The changes further flesh out the glittering, sophisticated, and frivolous atmosphere which Pizzi has emphasized in the opera. The action takes place in the garden of a luxurious,…

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