Lucia di LammermoorDonizetti's masterpiece, needs no introduction…The whole work is a series of musical fascination and vowels: put it on stage is definitely an act of courage.

All the more reason to Cataniaat this time of serious difficulties for the Teatro Massimo Bellini and its employees: a new staging of’ E.A.R., a trial by fire for each of the authors.

Symbolic funeral at teatro Carpenter on the ground floor, a packed House, in a composed and significant manifestation of the choir; in turn, thunderous applause of an audience that he identifies himself and imagines as can be sad its future without the opera season of splendid theater in Catania. Auspices of positive resolution by all, as well as protest document signing.

Wait, then, among the spectators, sensitized by the cry of the protesters: "the theatre must not die!" and the heartfelt Declaration of Director William Irons"The theater is our" be defended as a "bulwark of our civilization."

Staged, then, this hard-fought Lucia, December 3, 2013After a few days earlier by the cultured and interesting presentation of the work by the musicologist Joseph Montemagnoin the presence of the cast and the Director, in the foyer of the theatre.

Interesting and well coordinated directed the Iron, who saw an absolute rarefy nineteenth-century decorations, with action and characters willfully returned to the rawness of the first tempestuous romance. Evocative scenewith oblique projections, and the effects of H P, who helped give the production that’purely romantic scottiana Director's choice as key to understanding the great writer's novel, philological also English, which inspired the booklet by Salvatore CammaranoHe wanted to just bounce back. All well supported by Brown lights Ciulli Come on costumes by Françoise Raybaud , severe and suited to the climate of "Sturm und Drang" evoked by staging.

Dell help’Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellinithat has proved as always top notch skills, conductor Emmanuel Plassonthat has brought a breath of French class to Lucia in Italian, having already directed also in French. Lightness and style reminiscent of the wand of the illustrious father Michel and that makes him an absolutely authoritative and experienced young Director already a taste forL ’ Opéra Français and a luggage from this coming that we measure even though, with great sound quality of the work of the Italian repertoirein complete mastery guide orchestral structure.

In the part of Lucia, The soprano Rosanna Savoie gave voice to a character who felt sore and needs introspection and, contemporanenamente of absolute vocal mastery, as there are moments of unlikely fix…among them the famous scene of madness, in Duet with flute. Pleasant and delicate, Savoy interpretatively vocally gave birth to a Lucia deliberately a little’ straying from the beginning of the work, with proper performance and stage presence.

The tenor Andre Lalonde, as EdgardoAlthough hit by a sudden illness that has affected the vocal rendition, has completed the recitation.

Debut in the part of Enrico for l ’ very good Piero Terranova, baritone soft accents, but also robust and compelling, which emphasized with proper reading the character of Lucia's brother, imposing for voice quality and sound.

Heard the Raimondo by Francesco Palmieri; correct and pleasant Loredana Rita Amegna, Alisa, Changa, Lord Arturo, and Salvatore D'agata, Norman.

To emphasize the provision of Coro del Teatro Massimo Belliniunder the leadership of Mandy Campenhout: usual professionalism of beautiful voices.

Remarkable, in the second cast, the presence of tenor Emmanuel D ’ Aguanno as Edgardothat, debuting in the role, gave voice, on the evening of December 7, 2013, under the direction of Leonardo Carpentersuch a young romantic hero and expressive, full of momentum and passion, with a line of singing and a legacy for the future and remarkable vocal thousand promises which we hope will lead to goals, maybe turning also to the French repertoire for which already appears technically led.

Audience cheering and satisfied, he hopes and expects positive news now for your beloved theater and Ventura opera season 2014-2015.

© Natalia Dantas

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