Rossini Opera Festival: Moïse et Pharaon

Moïse – Roberto Tagliavini

Pharaon – Erwin Schrott

Sinaïde – Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

Anaï – Eleonora Buratto

Marie – Monica Bacelli

Aménophis – Andrew Owens

Éliézer – Alexey Tatarintsev

Osiride / Voix mystérieuse – Nicolò Donini

Aufide – Matteo Roma

Dancer – Maria Celeste Losa

Dancer – Gioacchino Starace

Stage Director, Set & Costume Designer – Pier Luigi Pizzi

Conductor – Giacomo Sagripanti

Co-director and Lighting Designer – Massimo Gasparon

Choreography – Gheorghe Iancu

Moise et Pharon opened the 2021 Rossini Opera Festival. Stage director Pier Luigi Pizzi handling direction, sets and costumes worked his magic: The sparse sets and computer animations were reminiscents of American artist James Turrell’s lights and spaces in their simplicity and impact. The extensive ballet is a highly imaginative and irresistibly camp dance interlude and Eleonora Buratto’s (Anaï) sumptuous voice sparkles through the registers and displays extraordinarily beautiful moments witnessed in decades. Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Sinaide) is a magnificent discovery: Possessing a true bel canto voice, her second act is spine-tingling. Among the highlights is also Roberto Tagliavini’s splendid final prayer “Des cieux ou tu resides” in the role of Moise. The RAI orchestra under the baton of Giacomo Sagripanti delivers an emotional and powerful interpretation of the score.