Impressive Rafael Sánchez-Araña in Roberto Devereux in Las Palmas
May 29th, 2024
After the performances on 21, 23 and 25 May of Roberto Devereux at the Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas, the press has echoed the great work of conductor Rafael Sánchez-Araña.
Thus, Canarias 7 comments that: ‘All were deservedly acclaimed, as was the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, with contrasting successes in all moments, from the dramatic tension to the most lyrical throughout the performance, under the baton of Rafael Sánchez-Araña’.
For its part, the magazine Ópera Actual highlights the expressive qualities of the Canarian conductor: ‘From the pit, Rafael Sánchez-Araña, applied the most energetic reading of this Donizetti, with more and more force in the tutti as the performance unfolded’.
The Italian media I teatri dell'est highlights the great energy in Sánchez-Araña's interpretation: ‘...excellent the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, conducted with verve and excellent stage management by the young and much applauded Maestro Rafael Sánchez-Araña’. The magazine Ritmo, for its part, says that ‘Rafael Sánchez Araña knew how to expose the drama contained in the notes, always attentive to the needs of the singers, without relegating the orchestral part to a mere support for the voices, with passages of great instrumental beauty such as the introduction to the Tower scene’.