Review | giornale della musica.it (Italia) | A new Rinaldo according to Spirei | November 27th, 2018
“A well-deserved success for the new staging of Rinaldo…”
Review | GB Opera Magazine (Italia) | Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli: “Rinaldo” | November 27th, 2018
“Accademia Bizantina, directed by Ottavio Dantone, proves once again a quality that couldn’t be any more perfect”
Review| OperaClick (Italia) | Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli: “Rinaldo” | November 27th, 2018
“Jacopo Spirei directs a human, ordinary Rinaldo…”
“The cast works very well together, a team of singers that are well prepared to take on the virtuosity and vocal agility required by the score…”
“Ottavio Dantone stands out in the music world as both instrumentalist, conductor and scholar…”
“Ieri sera la prima dell’opera di Haendel al Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona per OperaLombardia: buon afflusso e apprezzamento per un Rinaldo contemporaneo.”
ph. Alessia Santambrogio
Video | Cremona1TV (Italia) | Händel’s Rinaldo at Ponchielli in Cremona | November 24th, 2018
“Applause for Händel’s Rinaldo in Spirei’s cinematographic direction last night at Teatro Ponchielli; an extraordinary performance by Accademia Bizantina, conducted by Dantone.”
“A disconcerting, but not too much, reading by director Spirei. Dantone’s conduction is all about emotion in music.”
Review | Mondo Padano (Italia) | “Rinaldo”, a revisited masterpiece | November 23th, 2018
“A contemporary reading that does not upset dramaturgical weights.”
“Händel’s Il Rinaldo debuts in Cremona (…) with Accademia Bizantina and conductor Ottavio Dantone, internationally knows as a baroque specialist.”
Podcast | Radio3 Suite (Italia) | Panorama: concerts and plays around Italy | November 22nd, 2018
Interview with conductor Ottavio Dantone about the new baroque production of Teatro Ponchielli and OperaLombardia.”
Video | RaiNews (Italia) | TGR Lombardia | November 22nd, 2018
Dress rehearsal of Rinaldo at Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona and an interview with Ottavio Dantone.
Watch the video (starts at 19′:31”)
Podcast | RadioClassica (Italia) | TOP TEN | November 21st, 2018
Luca Ciammarughi interviews Ottavio Dantone about the new production of Rinaldo.
Interview | Cultweek (Italia) | Rinaldo and Dantone’s revisited baroque | November 21st, 2018
“We talked with conductor Ottavio Dantone about the new production, early music, contemporary stage direction and new projects”
News | Avvenire – Cronaca di Milano (Italia) |Lombardia, it’s time for baroque | November 21st, 2018
“An 18th century masterpiece returns on stage: Händel’s Rinaldo.”
“Starting with the new stage direction, we interviewed Dantone about the new production of Rinaldo, «an unusual opera that blends reality and fantasy»”