Patrizia Di Paolo

Patrizia Di Paolo is an Italian musician and stage director.

Performance

Patrizia Di Paolo has performed as principal viola in the European Community Chamber orchestra, the Rai Orchestra in Milan, the Toscanini Orchestra in Parma, Bologna City Theatre and the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.[1]

She currently plays viola in the Venetian ensemble Musica a Palazzo.[2]

Productions

In 2005 Di Paolo oversaw the direction of all the grand operas presented in Venice by Musica a Palazzo in the Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto in Venice.[3]

In 2007 she oversaw the direction of La Traviata presented at the Royal Pavilion for the 41st Brighton International Festival” (UK). The production received The Argus press award for the best production of the Festival.[4][5][6]

In 2008 she directed the “Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Potsdam International Festival in Germany.

In 2012 she directed “Rigoletto” at Teatro comunale in Ferrara.[7][8][9]

In 2013 she directed “Rigoletto” at Teatro comunale in Treviso.[10]

Reviews

Press
  • The Daily Telegraph – "Captivated by the quality of the music, the splendour of the setting, the power and passion of the singing"[11]
  • The Argus – "This Opera of love and loss is totally stunning, fully engaging and sometimes raises the hairs on the back of your neck."[12]
  • La Nuova Ferrara – "Patrizia Di Paolo, firm hand and not bizarre ideas for her direction, already loved by the audience."[13]

References

  1. ^ Concerto d'Autunno, "Patrizia Di Paolo, viola"
  2. ^ "Musica a Palazzo", Musica a Palazzo
  3. ^ Musica a Palazzo, "Musica a Palazzo", Musica a Palazzo
  4. ^ The Argus, "Palace to be venue for Verdi's opera", The Argus, 4 May 2007
  5. ^ The Argus, "La Traviata, Royal Pavilion, Sat, May 5, Mon, May 7, Tue, May 8 and Thu, May 10" Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, 2 May 2007
  6. ^ The Argus, "It's festival time again", The Argus, 21 February 2007
  7. ^ estense.com, "Il Rigoletto al teatro Comunale"
  8. ^ La Nuova Ferrara, "Con l’opera ritorna anche l’operetta"
  9. ^ Teatro.it, "Dopo 14 anni Rigoletto torna sul palcoscenico del Comunale di Ferrara"
  10. ^ Teatro.it, "Rigoletto a Treviso"
  11. ^ Bridge, Adrian (6 May 2006). "Take a Bow, Venezia". The Daily Telegraph.
  12. ^ Howard, Mike (6 May 2007). "La Traviata, Royal Pavilion, Brighton". The Argus. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Le Pagelle". La Nuova Ferrara. 25 March 2012.