Riccardo Frizza joins the presentation of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater at Müpa Budapest on November 1. The Italian conductor returns to Budapest after the acclaimed production of Bellini’s I puritani earlier in 2017.
Stabat Mater brings together soloists Anastasia Shchegoleva, Szilvia Vörös, Paolo Fanale, Liang Li, and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir at the Béla Bartók Concert Hall. Learn more about the November 1 presentation here.
During the run of Falstaff at the Teatro Regio di Parma, Maestro Riccardo Frizza discussed Verdi and his final work with Jenna Simeonov of Schmopera.
With Falstaff, Verdi revolutionised Italian melodrama. By magnifying the “dramma” and vicissitudes of mystic characters, he addressed the problematic political situation of an Italy in the process of formation, and he finally decided to end his career with a comic libretto. The greatest challenge in conducting Falstaff is letting all the details in the score emerge. Conducting a comic opera is very different from conducting a serious opera, as you have to feel the rhythm of the comedy, which can be quite complicated at times.
Riccardo leads Falstaff at the Teatro Regio di Parma during the Festival Verdi, final performance on October 22.