Donizetti Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) opera to a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni. Directed 2017 by Laurent Pelly at Opéra de Lyon. Stars Laurent Naouri (Mamma Agata), Patrizia Ciofi (Daria), Charles Rice (Procolo), Clara Meloni (Luigia), Enea Scala (Guglielmo), Pietro di Bianco (Biscroma Strappaviscere), Enric Martinez-Castignani (Cesare Salsapariglia), Piotr Micinski (L’impresario), Katherine Aitken (Pippetto), and Dominique Beneforti (Le Directeur du Théâtre). Lorenzo Viotti conducts the Orchestra of Opéra de Lyon and the Chorus of Opéra de Lyon (Chorus Master Pierre Bleuse). Set design by Chantal Thomas; costume design by Laurent Pelly; lighting design by Joël Adam. Directed for TV by Vincent Massip. Sung in Italian. Released in 2021, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Fred Cohn, writing in the February 2022 issue of Opera News, pages 56-57, calls this “wall-to-wall buffoonery” with interesting characters, but feels the result is “unsatisfactory as it’s devoid of tenderness or other emotion other than show-business narcissism.” This suggests this title will be of interest only to specialists and die-hard Italian opera fans.
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