Salome Jicia; Juan Diego Florez; Varduhi Abrahamyan; Michael Spyres; Marko Mimica; Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Damiano Michieletto; Michele Mariotti - Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago

Rossini's La donna del lago, premiered in 1819 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, is a masterpiece based on the poem The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, which is full of passion and romantic frisson. With characteristic boldness, Michieletto reformulates this glittering music into something otherworldly (Financial Times) and the performance is musically brilliant. (Die Presse.com) Marko Mimica and Varduhi Abrahamyan produce strong performances as Douglas and Malcom respectively. Florez is laser like and fresh as ever and thrilling brutish ... (Financial Times) while the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes: Michele Mariotti and his outstanding orchestra were the stars of the evening.