La gazzetta

Synopsis

The event that takes place annually in Rossini’s birthplace, praised by press and public for its witty stagings even of Rossini’s less well known works, has landed on its feet: with La gazzetta, the Rossini Opera Festival has triumphed once again! The Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna responded splendidly to the young Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola: as “one of the most gifted artists of his generation, he is not only a faithful interpreter of the score, he sends the orchestra of the Teatro di Bologna – and his audience too – into a veritable Rossini delirium” (Deutschlandfunk). Director Marco Carniti stages his colourful production in the Paris of the 1950s, in a well-judged distillation of Rossini’s ironic social criticism: “the direction of Marco Carniti has intelligently focused on the ironic dimension of a somewhat confused libretto” (Huffington Post). Nicola Alaimo embodies the nouveau-riche Don Pomponio Storione in every muscle: “he has confirmed his admirable dramatic qualities, with evidence of an unsuspected physical agility” (Huffington Post). Pesaro debutante Hasmik Torosyan stands out as Lisetta (Deutschlandfunk).

Additional Info

• No: A00050033
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini
• Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
• Orchestra: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
• Artists: Nicola Alaimo, Hasmik Torosyan, Vito Priante, Raffaella Lupinacci
• Production year: 2015
• Run time: 02:37:00
• Director: Stage Dircetor: Marco Carniti
• Producers: UNITEL CLASSICA in co-production with Rossini Opera Festival
• Format: 4K