Pique Dame: Romina Boscolo as the Countess sets a highlight
Pique Dame
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Premiere: 29 January 2022
LA DAMA DI PICCHE
Premiere: 20 October 2022
“Romina Boscolo as the bald-headed Countess (not a witch, but icy-cold) in her grand nostalgic aria seems to halt time itself.”
“Perhaps most enchanting are the dark female voices, Romina Boscolo as the bald-headed countess (not a witch, but ice-cold) and Silvia Hauer as the lovable Polina: Boscolo, who almost freezes time with her grand nostalgic aria, Hauer with her deep golden voice.”
Source: Franfurter Rundschau
“Simply overwhelming is the scene in the fourth image with Romina Boscolo as the Countess, elevated by a photographic portrait. It depicts her at the pinnacle of her fame as the "Moscow Venus" in Paris. The Italian alto, in fluent French, expresses her disgust for the world with "Ah, que ce monde m’ennuie!" and invokes her memories of a time - Quelle époque! - when she "even sang before the Marquise de Pompadour", creating a grand opera cinema experience.”
“Romina Boscolo as the Countess sets a highlight with her fearful monologue”
“Romina Boscolo as the Countess sets a highlight with her fearful monologue. Her dark contralto, which sometimes shimmers into the tenor timbre, is ideal for the low-lying part.”
Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Romina Boscolo in the title role is actually far too young for the elderly princess, yet she manages to make her memory scene entirely her own, eliciting chills solely with her deep, mysterious voice, as she nearly immobilizes the direction to the wheelchair.”
Source: Der Opernfreund
“Romina Boscolo displays great expressiveness in the role of the Countess, the Queen of Spades, suspended between memories of a roaring past and the melancholy of life at sunset.”
Source: Arte Arti
“His greatest adversary in the form of Romina Boscolo as "Countess Pique Dame" sings and performs in the same league, reaching peak performance, especially in the hall of fame of her own memories.”
Source: Frankfurter Neue Presse
