“A wonderful, turbulent comedy about a girl willing to marry, but whose guardian causes problems, rivalties, financial debts, false identities and more. The directing duo – André Barbe and Renaud Doucet – made their debut with this production in Pesaro. They brought Rossini’s wit in music and plot to the point in a very entertaining manner.” This is how the Deutschlandfunk describes Rossini’s Il signor Bruschino at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro. Jack Swanson’s and Marina Monzó’s beautiful voices are particularly inspiring with technique and elegance in the colourful, pittoresque and lovingly designed set.
Il turco in Italia
The performance of Il turco in Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro is presented as a totally renewed production. With references to films of the iconic film director Federico Fellini “Davide Livermore brought it all together adding the perfect physical comic schtick that matched up perfectly with the musical pace of Rossini’s masterpiece – it was spectacular” (Opera Today). “Obviously the brilliant outcome of the performance is also due to Speranza Scapucci’s conducting, well prepared and highly talented, …” (Il Resto del Carlino Pesaro). The cast featuring Erwin Schrott, “who manages the most intricate colloratura effortlessly with his agile, beautiful bass- baritone…” (General-Anzeiger) and Olga Peretyatko being “the ideal cast” (Das Opernglas) made it a marvellous performance.