The 2017 Winter/Spring Opera programme for some of Italy's most fantastic opera houses has just been announced.
Fans of classics such as La Bohème and Così fan tutte sit can be enjoyed in Parma and Piacenza respectively whilst Modena hosts I Puritani. We can arrange a superb tour which includes the opera and visits some of the highlights of the Emilia Romagna regions.
Teatro Regio di Parma
Thursday 12 January 2017, 8.00pm Opera subscription A
Tuesday 17 January 2017, 8.00pm Opera subscription B
Friday 20 January 2017, 8.00pm Opera subscription C
Sunday 22 January 2017, 3.30pm Opera subscription D
The performance lasts 3h with an interval
Act I 1h 30′ – Interval 20′ – Act II 1h 20′
Music GAETANO DONIZETTI
Characters and Cast:
Anna Bolena, wife of Enrico VIII: Yolanda Auyanet
Enrico VIII, King of England: Marco Spotti
Giovanna Seymour, bridesmaid of Anna: Sonia Ganassi
Lord Rochefort, brother of Anna: Paolo Battaglia
Lord Riccardo Percy: Maxim Mironov
Smeton, pageboy and musician of the queen: Martina Belli
Signor Hervey, officer of the king: Pietro Picone
Conductor: FABRIZIO MARIA CARMINATI
Director: ALFONSO ANTONIOZZI
Scenes: MONICA MANGANELLI
Costumes: GIANLUCA FALASCHI
Lights: LUCIANO NOVELLI
Chorus Master: MARTINO FAGGIANI
ORCHESTRA REGIONALE DELL’EMILIA ROMAGNA
CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA
New productiom
In coproduction with Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
With overtitles
Teatro Regio di Parma
Friday 10 March 2017, 8.00pm Opera subscription A
Sunday 12 March 2017, 8.00pm Opera subscription B
Friday 17 March 2017, 8.00pm Opera subscription C
Sunday 19 March 2017, 3.30pm Opera subscription D
The performance lasts 2h 35′
Cadres I-II 55′ – Interval 20′ – Cadre III 30′ – Interval 20′ – Cadre IV 30′
Music GIACOMO PUCCINI
Chatacters and Cast
Mimì: VALERIA SEPE
Musetta: CINZIA FORTE
Rodolfo: STEFAN POP
Marcello: SERGIO VITALE
Schaunard: ANDREA VINCENZO BONSIGNORE
Colline: DARIO RUSSO
Benoit: ARMANDO GABBA
Alcindoro: ARMANDO GABBA
Altri interpreti in via di definizione
Conductor: VALERIO GALLI
Direction: FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
recovering from UGO TESSITORE
Chorus Master: MARTINO FAGGIANI
ORCHESTRA DELL’OPERA ITALIANA
CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA
CORO DI VOCI BIANCHE E GIOVANILI ARS CANTO “GIUSEPPE VERDI”
Children’s Choir:: GABRIELLA CORSARO
Stage settings by Teatro Regio di Parma
With Overtitles
Teatro Giuseppe Verdi di Busseto
Saturday 22 April 2017, 8.30pm, not included in subscription
Sunday 23 April 2017, 3.30pm, not included in subscription
Saturday 29 April 2017, 8.30pm, not included in subscription
Sunday 30 April 2017, 3.30pm, not included in subscription
Saturday 6 May 2017, 8.30pm, not included in subscription
Sunday 7 May 2017, 3.30pm, not included in subscription
The performance lasts 2h 30′
Acts I-II 1h 15′ – Interval 20′ – Acts III-IV 55′
Tragic opera in four acts with libretto by Andrea Maffei adapted from Friedrich Schiller’s Die Räuber
Music GIUSEPPE VERDI
Cast ARTISTI DEL CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE VOCI VERDIANE “CITTÀ DI BUSSETO”
In collaboration with SCUOLA DELL’OPERA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA
Conductor SIMON KRECIC
Direction LEO MUSCATO
Scenes FEDERICA PAROLINI
Costumes SILVIA AYMONINO
Lights ALESSANDRO VERAZZI
Chorus Master MARTINO FAGGIANI
ORCHESTRA DELL’OPERA ITALIANA
CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA
Stage Settings by Teatro Regio di Parma for Teatro Giuseppe Verdi di Busseto
In coproduction with Teatro Comunale di Bologna
In collaboration with Comune di Busseto, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi di Busseto, Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane “Città di Busseto”
With English and Italian overtitles
Teatro Farnese
Friday 26 May 2017, 8.30pm*
Saturday 27 May 2017, 8.30pm*
Sunday 28 May 2017, 8.30pm*
*Subscribers of turns A, B, C and D may choose one of the dates
The performance lasts 1h 15′
Texts edited by MASSIMO CACCIARI, from Walter Benjamin (Sul concetto di storia), Eschilo (Prometeo incatenato), Euripide (Alcesti), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Prometeo), Erodoto (Storie I, 32), Esiodo (Teogonia), Friedrich Hölderlin (Schicksalslied e Achill), Pindaro (Nemea, VI), Arnold Schoenberg (Das Gesetz e Moses und Aaron), Sofocle (Edipo a Colono)
Music LUIGI NONO
Casa Ricord, Milano, New edition edited by André Richard and Marco Mazzolini
Sopranos LIVIA RADO, ALDA CAIELLO
Contralti KATARZYNA OTCZYK, SILVIA REGAZZO
Tenor MARCO RENCINAI
Narrators SERGIO BASILE, GALATEA RANZI
Conductor MARCO ANGIUS
Assistant Conductor CATERINA CENTOFANTE
Live electronics ALVISE VIDOLIN, NICOLA BERNARDINI
Chorus Master MARTINO FAGGIANI
ENSEMBLE PROMETEO
FILARMONICA ARTURO TOSCANINI
CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA
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Saturday: 10am – 4:30pm
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