April 21, 23, 26, 2016
Falstaff, commedia lirica in three acts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 and 2
Concert performances of Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Falstaff: Ambrogio Maestri
Ford: Luca Salsi
Fenton: Saimir Pirgu
Dr Cajus: Saverio Fiore
Bardolfo: Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani
Pistola: Luca Dall'Amico
Mrs Alice Ford: Eleonora Buratto
Mrs Quickly: Daniela Barcellona
Nannetta: Rosa Feola
Mrs Meg Page: Laura Polverelli
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Duain Wolfe
Photos (link to Rosa's Facebook page)
Recording of a performance (or a composite recording) was later broadcasted through WFMT Radio Network in its American Opera Series.
Audio Excerpt: "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio" (link to "CSO Sounds & Stories")
Reviews:
"Soprano Rosa Feola and tenor Saimir Pirgu made an entrancing pair of young lovers. She marshaled a gorgeous stream of pure, delicate lyricism for Nannetta's moonlit aria, in her guise as queen of the fairies [...]"
John von Rhein, "Chicago Tribune"
"As Nannetta and Fenton, Rosa Feola and Saimir Pirgu made as attractive and charismatic a pair of young lovers as one could ever hope for on the opera stage. [...] Feola’s pure-toned and utterly beguiling Fairy Queen aria (“Sul fil d’un soffio etesio”) could have charmed all the resident Windsor Forest avians out of the trees."
Lawrence A. Johnson, "Chicago Classical Review"
"[...] Nannetta (gorgeously sung by the fresh, pure-voiced soprano Rosa Feola) [...]"
Zachary Woolfe, "The New York Times"
"Rosa Feola was a lovely Nanetta, captivating in her aria as Queen of the Fairies"
George Loomis, "Financial Times"
"Rosa Feola revealed an expressive lyric soprano voice as the ingénue Nannetta"
Edward Sava-Segal, "Bachtrack"
"Rosa Feola was a radiant pleasure as Nanetta, her silvery voice soaring effortlessly through music often evocative of Mozart."
Lawrence B. Johnson, "Chicago On the Aisle"
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