Respighi: La Fiamma (2024)
Christof Loy continues his exploration of early 20th-century opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Respighi's rarely heard La fiamma. Imposing choruses and sweeping tableaux drive a drama of suspicion, desire and public frenzy, heightened here by Carlo Rizzi's musical direction and a cast led by Olesya Golovneva and Georgy Vasiliev. Premiered in 1934, the work mirrors a society sliding towards authoritarianism, its show trial carrying an unsettling emotional charge. Respighi's score moves beyond the colours of the Trilogia romana, blending impressionist shimmer, Russian influence and a renewed fascination with Italian Renaissance sound worlds.
- Released
- 2024-09-28
- Genres
- Music
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Christof Loy
Cast
- Olesya Golovneva as Silvana
- Georgy Vasiliev as Donello
- Ivan Inverardi as Basilio
- Martina Serafin as Eudossia
- Doris Soffel as Agnese di Cervia
- Sua Jo as Monica
- Cristina Toledo as Agate
- Martina Baroni as Lucilla
- Karis Tucker as Sabina
- Caren Van Oijen as Zoe
- Patrick Guetti as L'Esorcista
- Manuel Fuentes as Il Vescovo