(07/2021) Recensione di Claire Seymour.
OHP are also blessed with a conductor who appreciates the dramatic tenor and structure of L’Amico Fritz. Making an impressive UK debut, Beatrice Venezi demonstrates an innate understanding of the quietude and delicacy of Mascagni’s score, while never neglecting its dramatic impetus. The reduced forces of the London Sinfonia offer not less but more, in expressive terms. There are truly lovely solos, not just from leader Charlotte Reid in the Romany fantasia which accompanies Beppe’s entrance, but also the beguiling contributions of the lead oboe and clarinet, the warm horns, and the expressive lower strings. Venezi appreciates how to let Mascagni’s inexhaustible cantabile flow, creating space while maintaining momentum, and she conjures delectable colours and scents, with calm authority.