Donizetti: Pietro Il Grande

Roberto De Candia (Pietro Il Grande), Loriana Castellano (Caterina), Paola Gradina (Madama Fritz), Nina Solodovnikova (Annetta Mazepa), Francisco Brito (Carlo Scavronski), Marco Filippo Romano (Ser Cuccupis), Tommaso Barea (Firman-Trombest), Marcello Nardis (Hondedisky), Stefano Gentili (Notaio),...

The comedy roles shine brightest here. Marco Filippo Romano stands out with his characterful interpretation of the patter role, the pompous Magistrate Ser Cuccupis...The central lovers are less... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 22nd Jan 2021
Catalogue No: 37847
Label: Dynamic

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April 2021

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Donizetti: Pietro il Grande

Roberto De Candia, Loriana Castellano, Paola Gradina, Nina Solodovnikova, Francisco Brito, Marco Filippo Romano, Tommaso Barea, Marcello Nardis, Stefano Gentili, Orchestra Gli Originali, Coro Donizetti
Rinaldo Alessandrini

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Pietro il Grande, Kzar delle Russie o Il falegname di Livonia (Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia or The Livonian Carpenter) was Donizetti's second opera, composed when he was 22 years old, and the first to receive more than one production. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the works première in 2019, the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo staged this rare melodramma burlesco in a new critical edition. The influence of Rossini and Mozart is clear, but the young Donizetti still managed to create a fresh and lively work that displayed early evidence of his mature style. This Donizetti Festival performance received widespread international acclaim, with a cast of excellent singers and a unique staging by Ondadurto Teatro (Marco Paciotti and Lorenzo Pasquali), influenced by Russian avant-garde art of the early 20th century.

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April 2021

The comedy roles shine brightest here. Marco Filippo Romano stands out with his characterful interpretation of the patter role, the pompous Magistrate Ser Cuccupis...The central lovers are less distinct presences, though Francisco Brito (Carlo) has an attractively honeyed bright tenor voice...Donizetti devotees will no doubt be delighted with this rarity, but it may prove a slightly surreal experience for anyone else.

April 2021

Conducting, playing and choral singing are all terrific, sweeping you through the opera with their infectious precision and energy.

April 2022

De Candia’s baritone now sounds somewhat mature, but, an attentive Bruscantini student, he sings Pietro with authority plus reasonable steadiness and agility in the Rossinian ensembles…The chorus holds up its side nicely in Bergamo’s lively presentation, and K.B. Project’s strikingly imaginative costumes merit special praise.

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