PS Un “blogger” non è un oracolo e commette inevitabilmente errori (il minimo possibile..). Ricevo spesso “correzioni” non sempre fondamentali e non sempre precise. Così come io mi sottopongo al giudizio altrui con nome e cognome così chi vorrà avere la bontà di segnalarmi eventuali errori o imprecisioni dovrà farlo unicamente mandando un commento: a ognuno la propria responsabilità. In base alla nuova normativa chi si fosse iscritto e desidera de-iscriversi è sufficiente che mi invii un messaggio e-mail..

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Certainly one of the operas (and rightly so) most famous of Donizetti’s immense repertoire which is characterized by a variety of styles, from the tragic (Lucia) to the playful (the Elixir). The “comunale” of Bologna did well to resume its representation. Let’s start with what are normally the conclusions with the votes: singers 9, direction, 6, regisseur 2.  Perhaps everything could be summed up in this. But let’s move on to a more detailed examination. Despite a rowdy man who repeatedly shouted “shame” (perhaps he was referring to Trump’s latest statements in the wrong context) the soprano Jessica Pratt provided a masterly performance especially in the famous and very difficult “ardon gli incensi“aria whose difficulty perhaps is not clear to many. It is an aria that is sung, for most of the part, without the support of the orchestra other than a few notes from the flute. Maintaining intonation and interpreting is very, very complex. The soprano Pratt was also impeccable in the other parts of the opera if we exclude the high note at the end of the duet in the first act which seemed a little “shrill”. A note of absolute applause also goes to the tenor Ayón Rivas, who was also called to a very difficult test starting from the final aria “tombe degli avi miei“.  In short, a cast of absolute value completed by an excellent performance by the baritone Lucas Meachem, a powerful and dramatic voice. The other few voices were normal.  Oren’s direction was the usual: good quality but with the constant tendency to overdo the sound, drowning out the voices of cast. This was particularly evident in the arias in which the horns were inserted (in this case immaculate). Naturally, the theater’s ramshackle acoustics took their toll but it is a director’s job to have sensitivity for the environment, which was not the case with Oren who perhaps believed he was conducting on at “la scala” in Milan. But he still deserves sufficient marks. The disaster instead occurred with the regisseur. A scene made of qyartas with a pole (which should have been a tree) planted in the middle of the scene.  The Scots in shirtsleeves “after-work” style  among whom Lucia’s betrothed in a kilt is thrown in, like a character who has got the wrong opera.  The female choir is dressed in an undefined style, basically from the 1930s, which after the tragic wedding. starts dancing on a table as if he were not in Scotland but in a suburban dance hall. Not to mention the “moves” that the choristers have to do. In short, a complete disaster appropriately “buhhated” by the public which instead gave deserved applause to the singers and limited applause to the director. In short a show of lights and shadows in a hall with many empty seats.

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