Teatro Regio Torino/Noseda - Alfredo Casella: La Donna Serpente

Alfredo Casella was one of the �Generation of the eighties� who sought to shake Italian music from its long-standing operatic heritage and the dominance of Puccini. La donna serpente was Casella�s only full-scale opera, its fantastic plot based on Carlo Gozzi�s renowned fairy tale that perpetually alternates between tragedy and comedy, expressed in neo-Classical music that skillfully portrays the sinister and ethereal world of the fairies as well as the intense emotions of the human realm. This production was acclaimed for Arturo Cirillo�s dreamlike setting and Gianandrea Noseda�s pin-point conducting: �What energy, what precision! � he delivers the complexity of this score with a disconcerting ease.� (resmusica.com)