Respighi: La Fiamma (2024)
Christof Loy continues his exploration of early 20th-century opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Respighi's rarely heard La fiamma. Imposing choruses and sweeping tableaux drive a drama of suspicion, desire and public frenzy, heightened here by Carlo Rizzi's musical direction and a cast led by Olesya Golovneva and Georgy Vasiliev. Premiered in 1934, the work mirrors a society sliding towards authoritarianism, its show trial carrying an unsettling emotional charge. Respighi's score moves beyond the colours of the Trilogia romana, blending impressionist shimmer, Russian influence and a renewed fascination with Italian Renaissance sound worlds.
Director: Christof Loy
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Olesya Golovneva as Silvana |
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Georgy Vasiliev as Donello |
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Ivan Inverardi as Basilio |
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Martina Serafin as Eudossia |
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Doris Soffel as Agnese di Cervia |
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Sua Jo as Monica |
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Cristina Toledo as Agate |
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Martina Baroni as Lucilla |
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Karis Tucker as Sabina |
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Caren Van Oijen as Zoe |
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Patrick Guetti as L'Esorcista |
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Manuel Fuentes as Il Vescovo |
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Caitlin Gotimer as Madre |
| Directing | Christof Loy | Director |
| Writing | Claudio Guastalla | Writer |
