Paoletta Marrocu / Critiques

The famous tenor is flanked by Paoletta Marrocu , a debutant in the role of Paolina , whose stage presence can only be saved, unfortunately partially compromised by incomprehensible directing choices. Simone Del Savio is a Severo who presents himself with a brilliant vocalism , but as the tragedy proceeds he too shows a lack of color and accents , not very present scenically and often covered by the orchestral team. The duet with Paolina " The happiest of the living " is perhaps the most successful page, unfortunately ruined by an absurd tea scene: " the events can be contained in a private living room, overlooking the landscape, that Melitene it is proposed to my imagination as a rocky and distant desert "writes Marco Spada in the director's notes, although it is difficult to believe that Melitene proposed herself to Spada , it is rather easy to think that Spada imagined Melitene . Andrea Papi enjoys a beautiful dark and shady voice, but he is not perfectly at ease in the part of Callistene , whose texture is perhaps not too congenial to him , or it is the mediocre direction that puts him in difficulty. Massimiliano Chiarolla, Dionigi D'Ostuni, Pier Marco Vinas complete the cast