Respighi: La Fiamma

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.

Cast

Olesya Golovneva Silvana Georgy Vasiliev Donello Ivan Inverardi Basilio Martina Serafin Eudossia Doris Soffel Agnese di Cervia

Sua Jo Monica

Cristina Toledo Agate

Martina Baroni Lucilla

Karis Tucker Sabina

Caren Van Oijen Zoe

Patrick Guetti L'Esorcista Manuel Fuentes Il Vescovo

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