23 Mar 2006

Il dissoluto assolto, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d89180e2-ba96-11da-980d-0000779e2340.html

Corghi_Azio_small.jpgBy Shirley Apthorp [Financial Times, 23 March 2006]

It was to have been La Scala’s world premiere, but Milan’s loss was Lisbon’s gain. The Teatro Nacional resolved to stage its own production of Azio Corghi’s opera, not least because the librettist was the Portugese literary icon José Saramago.