Plácido Domingo é um convidado bem-vindo na Arena di Verona há mais de 50 anos. Suas inúmeras apresentações no impressionante anfiteatro romano certamente contribuíram para sua fama mundial em grande medida. No verão Corona de 2020, Plácido Domingo e a soprano Saioa Hernández deram um programa dedicado aos grandes compositores italianos Giuseppe Verdi e Umberto Giordano. As restrições relacionadas à coroa tiveram algo de bom nesta noite de concerto: o palco poderia ser montado no centro da arena, o que criou um show de luzes perfeitamente encenado e um som surround impressionante.
The opera that established Verdi’s greatness as a composer, Nabucco follows the plight of the Jews as they are exiled from their homeland by the eponymous Babylonian King. This 2019 production from Verdi Festival Parma won critical acclaim for its directors, Stefano Ricci and Gianni Forte for whom opera is a means to question the world of today. The curtain rises in the bowels of a modern warship...
Odabella
First staged at the Teatro La Fenice in 1846, Verdi’s ninth opera, Attila, returns to the stage of La Scala on December 7th. Following the inauguration of the 2015-2016 Season with Giovanna d’Arco and in anticipation of Macbeth, with Attila Musical Director Riccardo Chailly continues his study of Verdi’s early works, renewing a successful collaboration with creative director Davide Livermore that began with his acclaimed production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale for La Scala. In this complex opera Verdi experiments with fresh perspectives, featuring spectacular historical settings, introspective angles and moral uncertainties. Attila demands of its performers not only passion and confidence, but also the ability to find subtle accents and psychological nuances.
