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“The (feminist) level comes across humorously and very naturally with expressive body language (…) The interplay between music and scene, with an all-around expressive body language from everyone and the strong color contrasts, carries the evening very impressively over three hours.”

— Deutschlandfunk

 

“‘Talestri — Queen of the Amazons’ can be experienced at the State Theater Nuremberg as powerful musical theater. (…) From the very beginning, Ilaria Lanzino’s detailed and differentiated character direction excites, bringing much movement to the stage and even giving the numerous silent roles of Amazonian warriors definition. Additionally, Ilaria Lanzino created scenic choreographies that convey the combative nature of the Amazons. (…) The work is presented in the Nuremberg production as a highly exciting piece of musical theater.”

— Concerti.de

 

“With sparse yet sharper symbolism, director Ilaria Lanzino condenses the story of Talestri (…) A varied, lively, and sometimes quite humorous character direction makes the dramaturgically not always convincing piece comprehensible.”

— OPERN.NEWS

 

“Fantastic: Here stands a woman in the lead role on stage who has directed the opera herself – and she does it so brilliantly, lip-synced, and ready for action, that we physically experience the seriousness with which she directed the piece (and that she mastered the so-called craft as once did Patrice Chéreau). (…) A body-focused, aesthetic production (…) Brutal – but sublimated into a visual language that conforms to the beauty of the music without downplaying the problem of femicide. When at the end the actors and actresses literally hold a pair of red shoes up to the audience’s nose, it has (…) the taste of a truth that was thematically elevated to high aesthetics in the Talestri production. Strong applause for an unusual evening in terms of piece and performers.”

— Der Opernfreund

 

“Lanzino loads the opera’s material with psychological tension and uses a soundtrack of dark percussion to depict a rape experience as a traumatized memory.”

— Nürnberger Nachrichten

 

“In her clear staging, Ilaria Lanzino makes references to the present (…) Ilaria Lanzino and Wolfgang Katschner transform bizarrerie into psychological dynamics (…) ‘Talestri’ is opera with soul tones and depth in Nuremberg. Enthusiastic applause.”

— Orpheus Magazine

 

“The production is choreographed in modern and expressive poses (…) grand, modern musical theater.”

— BR Klassik

 

“In Ilaria Lanzino’s production, the antagonism between Talestri, Julia Grüter, and Tomiri, Eleonore Marguerre, is fascinating.”

— Süddeutsche Zeitung

 

“In an intelligent but not dogmatic production, Ilaria Lanzino reverses perspectives and creates contemporary relevance.”

— Donau Kurier

 

“Pregnant with meaning and yet impressive.”

— Die Deutsche Bühne