
Bruno de Simone
2021Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Bepi Morassi
Francesco Meli, Bruno de Simone
Комическая опера в двух действиях; либретто Ч. Стербини по комедии П. -О. Карона де Бомарше "Севильский цирюльник, или Тщетная предосторожность". Первая постановка: Рим, театр "Арджентина", 20 февраля 1816 года. Запись из Teatro La Fenice апрель 2008 года
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Cenerentola
Xavi Bové
Juan Diego Flórez, David Menéndez
Cenerentola (Joyce DiDonato) is the stepdaughter of Don Magnifico but is treated as a servant in his household. As she sweeps the floor and obeys every command given to her, Cenerentola dreams that she will find her very own Prince Charming. Then one day the handsome Prince Ramiro (Juan Diego Florez) arrives at the mansion, announcing that he's looking for the most beautiful girl in the land to be his bride - which changes Cenerentola's life forever!
Cenerentola

Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco Stravagante
Emilio Sagi
Amanda Forsythe, Bruno de Simone
In the plot for this production the story is updated to the 1970s. Gamberotto is a vegetable import/export merchant. According to the Dynamic website Ernestina is a seductive businesswoman. However when she first appears she drifts about reading a book entitled ‘Love’. Buralicchio becomes an Elvis rocker. Leave the rest of the plot alone, yes, including the castrati part, and you are indeed in the land of the ridiculous. Suspend disbelief? Essential if the plot is to have any relevance.
Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco Stravagante

Rossini La Cenerentola
Joan Font
Juan Diego Flórez, Joyce DiDonato
This is an excellent version of one of the greatest of all comic operas, featuring superb singing and orchestral playing. And it's not just the two headliners; listen, for example, to the entrance of the stepsisters at the beginning of Act One. Nevertheless, some viewers may find the staging problematic, with singers in clown-like costumes and sets featuring human-sized rodents. Those seeking a more conventional production might want to consider the Houston Grand Opera DVD, also on Decca, with Cecilia Bartoli and Raul Jimenez. Both sets are wonderful, but, for me, Joyce Didonato and Juan Diego Florez are slightly to be preferred. Highly recommended.
Rossini La Cenerentola

Così Fan Tutte - Opéra de Lausanne
Jean Liermier
Robert Gleadow, Joel Prieto
How faithful are women really? That is the question that Guglielmo and Ferrando ask themselves in Mozart’s comic opera Così Fan Tutte. To answer it, they put their fiancées to the test by pretending to go off to war and a short time later returning in disguise with the aim of seducing each other’s betrothed. Fortunately, the Opèra de Lausanne has no time for such moral grandstanding. This new staging of Così is Jean Liermier’s second production for Lausanne after his My Fair Lady in 2015. Joshua Weilerstein, artistic director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, pilots the orchestra through Mozart’s colourful score with Stéphanie Guérin (Dorabella), Robert Gleadow (Guglielmo), Valentina Nafornita (Fiordiligi), and Joel Prieto (Ferrando) in the roles of the tried and tested lovers.
Così Fan Tutte - Opéra de Lausanne
