Respighi: La Fiamma

Overview

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.

Directed by Christof Loy

Top cast

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Olesya Golovneva

Silvana

G

Georgy Vasiliev

Donello

I

Ivan Inverardi

Basilio

Martina Serafin

Eudossia

Doris Soffel

Agnese di Cervia

S

Sua Jo

Monica

C

Cristina Toledo

Agate

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Martina Baroni

Lucilla

K

Karis Tucker

Sabina

C

Caren Van Oijen

Zoe

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Patrick Guetti

L'Esorcista

M

Manuel Fuentes

Il Vescovo

C

Caitlin Gotimer

Madre

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