RESPIGHI: LA FIAMMA

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.

The Crew

Olesya Golovneva

Silvana

Georgy Vasiliev

Donello

Ivan Inverardi

Basilio

Martina Serafin

Eudossia

Doris Soffel

Agnese di Cervia

Sua Jo

Monica

Cristina Toledo

Agate

Martina Baroni

Lucilla

Karis Tucker

Sabina

Caren Van Oijen

Zoe