(review in English below)
A casa do abastado e moribundo Buoso Donati está revestida de papel de parede florido e mobilada num estilo “latino” e desarrumado. A sua numerosa família aguarda a morte que acontece logo no início.
Na direcção musical, Antonio Pappano foi excelente!
Um final em beleza de uma noite inesquecível na Royal Opera, sobretudo devido à Suor Angelica!
*****
GIANNI SCHICCHI - Il Trittico (IV of IV), Royal Opera House, London, September 2011
The house of the rich and dying Buoso Donati is lined with flowered wallpaper and is furnished in a "Latin" and messy style. His large family awaits his death that happens early on. The staging is very good and the moments of comedy happen continuously, without ever sliding into the vulgar. There are many truly hilarious situations, as the demand of the will, the doctor's visit, the writing of the new testament, the behavior of the children and their parents and the attitude of Gianni Schicchi.
For me this staging was not a surprise because I had already seen it two years ago, at the time staged with the opera "L'Heure Espagnole" by Ravel. I can not avoid the reference to the disaster that was the staging of last year’s Gianni Schicchi at the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon . A totally incompetent director was able to destroy this magnificent work of Puccini.
Lucio Gallo, Italian baritone, was a funny Gianni Schicchi.I consider his interpretation better here than as Michele in Il Tabarro. His voice was always strong and clear, he was in tune and he managed to show the humour and cleverness that the character requires. He was the best on stage.
Rinuccio was interpreted by Italian tenor Francesco Demuro. The voice is beautiful but the singer seemed somewhat insecure or nervous. But he never failed, and particularly in the aria Avete totó!...Firenze è come um albero fiorito he was very good.
Rinuccio was interpreted by Italian tenor Francesco Demuro. The voice is beautiful but the singer seemed somewhat insecure or nervous. But he never failed, and particularly in the aria Avete totó!...
Lauretta was interpreted by Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina. Her voice is nice and identical to many others. She sang the aria O mio babbino caro, one of the most beautiful arias for soprano written by Puccini, and that was it, but Lauretta is, indeed, like that.
Other singers were also with uniformly good, including Gwynne Howell, Elena Zilio, Jeremy White, Marie McLaughlin, Alan Oke, Lisa Anne Robinson, Henry Waddington and Enrico Fissore.
An excellent final of an unforgettable evening at the Royal Opera, mainly due to Suor Angelica!
*****
Other singers were also with uniformly good, including Gwynne Howell, Elena Zilio, Jeremy White, Marie McLaughlin, Alan Oke, Lisa Anne Robinson, Henry Waddington and Enrico Fissore.
An excellent final of an unforgettable evening at the Royal Opera, mainly due to Suor Angelica!
*****
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