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Armida<\/h1>\n

GIOACHINO ROSSINI<\/p>\n

3 | 6 | 8 | 10 March 2024<\/p>\n

Manoel Theatre, Malta<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_margin=”8%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\n

Conductor: Davide Levi<\/b><\/p>\n

Director: Paul Carr<\/b><\/p>\n

Malta Philarmonic Orchestra<\/p>\n

KorMalta<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]cast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armida: Elisa Balbo<\/b><\/p>\n

Rinaldo: Nico Darmanin<\/b><\/p>\n

Gernando & Ubaldo: Anle Gou<\/b><\/p>\n

Goffredo: Cliff Zammit Stevens<\/b><\/p>\n

Idraote: Albert Buttigieg<\/b><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” left_padding_desktop=”2%” constrain_group_2=”yes” right_padding_desktop=”2%” top_margin=”1%” bottom_margin=”4%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”center” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\n

Opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini<\/b><\/p>\n

libretto by Giovanni Schmidt<\/b><\/p>\n

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Reviews<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\n

\u201cArmida, la seducente maga, \u00e8 il soprano \u200b\u200b\u200bElisa Balbo<\/strong> che abbiamo gi\u00e0 avuto modo di ascoltare a Bad Wildbad. Senza di lei non si sarebbe potuto avviare questo progetto su una opera cos\u00ec peculiare di Rossini. Il soprano fin dal primo impegnativo quartetto ha mostrato stoffa da vendere, complicando la parte con variazioni verso l\u2019acuto appena le \u00e8 stato possibile. Seducente con il chiaro timbro nel successivo duetto \u201cAmor possente amor\u201d che si conclude con \u201ci palpiti\u201d suggeriti in orchestra dagli archi pizzicati. Il Rond\u00f2 \u201cD\u2019amor al dolce impero\u201d \u00e8 un banco di prova felicemente superato da Elisa Balbo che arroventa sempre pi\u00f9 le frasi, che si complicano nelle tre esposizioni. Nella lunga aria finale (gi\u00e0 Rossini aveva dato prova di se nell\u2019aria di Desdemona l\u2019anno precedente ad Armida<\/em>) il dramma si fa cocente, il senso di annullamento che prova la maga ai piedi di Rinaldo \u00e8 percepibile. Conclude l\u2019opera la rabbia e il senso di vendetta dove il soprano \u00e8 capace di superare in volume sia il coro di demoni che orchestra in un finale al cardiopalma (visivamente anche molto ben studiato con i mimi seminudi e il coro in fondo alla scena).\u201d <\/p>\n

Il Trillo Parlante<\/b><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\n

\u201cThe soprano, Elisa Balbo, was truly superb and had so much singing to do and did it so beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Italian soprano holding the sole female part, Elisa Balbo, is a powerful and agile singer.”<\/p>\n

The Malta Independent<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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