Daniel Montanè – Manon Lescaut – Malaga
A grand finale for the 35th season of the Teatro Cervantes in Malaga with “Manon Lescaut”, Puccini’s first great success, in a production conducted by Daniel Montané and directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini. On a musical level, Puccini’s exuberant orchestration, voluptuous and very emotional, is evident both for the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, under the brilliant musical direction of maestro Daniel Montané, and for all the soloists.
Carlota Hernandez – Diario Sur – 25 May 2024
La amplia experiencia como operistas de los directores responsables de esta producción de Manon Lescaut de Giacomo Puccini, última ópera representada de la temporada lírica 2023/2024 del Teatro Cervantes de Málaga, ha redundado en la bondad de un espectáculo en el que se ha podido disfrutar de uno de los títulos más apasionantes del gran músico de Lucca, que significó la primera presencia plena de la propia voz creativa de este compositor, maestro absoluto del verismo. Tanto el responsable del foso, el director Daniel Montané, como el de escena, Pier Francesco Maestrini han encontrado esa conjunción de pensamiento expresivo que ha hecho buena la convicción de Puccini de resaltar en esta ópera la pasión amorosa entendida como elemento estético de concentrado aliento e hilo conductor del desarrollo de esta representación.
Para lograr tal planteamiento se ha contado con la participación de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, que demostró gran agilidad para lograr las delicadas melodías que reflejaban los distintos climas que pide esta obra, adaptándose con eficacia al talante teatral de cada momento, notándose así cómo el maestro Montané cuidaba el colorido orquestal resultante de la muy tupida instrumentación recogida en la partitura.
« The extensive experience as opera artists of the creative team responsible for this production of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, the last opera performed in the 2023/2024 lyrical season at the Teatro Cervantes in Malaga, has resulted in the excellence of a show in which it has been possible to enjoy of one of the most exciting titles by the great musician from Lucca, which meant the first full presence of the creative voice of this composer, absolute master of verismo. Both the person in charge of the orchestra, conductor Daniel Montané, and stage director Pier Francesco Maestrini, have found that conjunction of expressive thought that has made good Puccini’s conviction to highlight in this opera the passion of love understood as an aesthetic element of concentrated breath and common thread of the development of this representation.
To achieve this approach, the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra has participated, which demonstrated great agility in achieving the delicate melodies that reflected the different climates that this work requires, adapting effectively to the theatrical mood of each moment, thus noticing how the maestro Montané took care of the orchestral color resulting from the very dense instrumentation included in the score »
José Antonio Canton – Codalario.com – 28 May 2024