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ust saw a production of mozart s cosi fan tutte at the salzburg festival in the grosses festspielhaus that was in complete contrast christof loy s new production was a restudied version of his 2020 covid era cost fan tutte in a version trimmed to well under three hours the new production saw the 2020 cuts reversed and the staging reconsidered joana mallwitz conducted the angelika prokopp sommerakademie der wiener philharmoniker alongside members of the wiener philharmoniker elsa dreisig was fiordiligi victoria karkacheva was dorabella bogdan volkov was ferrando andrè schuen was guglielmo lea desdandre was despina and johannes martin kränzle was don alfonso sets were by johannes leiacker costumes by barbara drosihn and lighting by olaf winter christof loy conceived the production for the grosses festspielhaus a performance on this gigantic stage that nevertheless manages to be very intimate as loy described it in the programme book it dispenses with all external aids there are only two doors the characters the music the performers are far closer to the audience mozart cosi fan tutte bogdan volkov andrè schuen salzburg festival photo monika rittershaus the playing area was relatively narrow with steps leading down into the orchestra pit costumes were plain black and modern in style and whilst fiordiligi and dorabella s shoes were relatively ordinary black court shoes i am assured that despina s shoes were something rather special when the men were in disguise they were in colour no silly wigs or costumes here read more posted by planet hugill at friday august 07 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 6 august 2026 virtuoso tour de force of triviality barrie kosky s production of rossini s il viaggio a reims at the salzburg festival labels opera review salzburg rossini il viaggio a reims tara erraught cecilia bartoli salzburg festival photo monika rittershaus rossini il viaggio a reims cecilia bartoli marina viotti mélissa petit tara erraught edgardo rocha dmitry korchak ildebrando d arcangelo florian sempey misha kiria peter kellner giovanni romeo dir barrie kosky les musiciens du prince monaco cond gianluca capuano salzburg festival reviewed 5 august 2026 rossini s occasional comedy reinvented by barrie kosky as hyperactive farce in an over the top performance with strong musical contributions rossini s il viaggio a reims was written for an occasion the coronation of charles x of france and never performed again though rossini s music is of the highest quality he would in fact re use material in le comte orgy and but it was not until the 1980s that the original work was performed again it is more than an occasional piece the music ensures that though companies music field a wide range of rossini stylists barrie kosky s production of rossini s il viaggo a reims debuted at the salzburg easter festival and returned to salzburg s haus für mozart for the summer salzburg festival opening on 5 august 2026 gianluca capuano conducted les musiciens du prince monaco a period instrument ensemble whose founding was the inspiration of cecilia bartoli she was something of a presiding genius over this production not only singing corinna but appearing out of a cake as herself at the climax of celebrations at the end of the opera the rest of the cast included marina viotti as marchesa melibea mélissa petit as contessa di folleville tara erraught as madama cortese edgardo rocha as cavalier belfiore dmitry korchak as conte di libenskof ildebrando d arcangelo as lord sidney florian sempey as don profundo misha kiria as barone di trombonok peter kellner as don alvaro and giovanni romeo as don prudenzio with the choeur de l opéra de monte carlo rossini il viaggio a reims peter kellner florian sempey salzburg festival photo monika rittershaus in the programme book barrie kosky described the work as an exquisite confection commenting that the characters are not developed they have to be fleshed out by the performers in rossini s day this probably relied on his distinguished singers who included giuditta pasta and laure cinti damoreau bringing out the original romantic context for each of the set pieces kosky s solution was to play the piece as hyperactive farce his production had many of the elements of farce not just its pacing and mad cap activities there were plenty of entrances and doors five in the first scene including three revolving doors 13 in the second scene there was much bedroom hopping in that second scene along with many characters stripped down to their underwear all prime ingredients of farce read more posted by planet hugill at thursday august 06 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom popular posts this month darkness visible remarkable performances from jonathan tetelman asmik grigorian in bizet s carmen directed by choreographer gabriela carrizo in salzburg bizet carmen 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