I Vespri siciliani

Teatro Regio, Friday 18 March 2011 - Tuesday 29 March 2011

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Playbill

Drama in five acts
Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier
 Italian version by Arnaldo Fusinato

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
 

Characters

Cast

The Duchess Elena, sister of Duke
Frederick of Austria soprano
 

Sondra Radvanovsky (16)
Maria Agresta (18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 29)
Sara Galli (22)

Arrigo, a young Sicilian
tenor

Gregory Kunde
Piero Pretti (19, 22, 25)

Guido di Monforte, Governor
of Sicily under Charles d'Anjou,
King of Naples baritone


Franco Vassallo

Gabriele Viviani
(19, 22, 25)

Giovanni da Procida,
a Sicilian doctor bass

Ildar Abdrazakov
Alexei Tanovitski
(19, 22, 25)

Lord of Bethune,
a French officer bass

Dario Russo
Count of Vaudemont,
a French officer bass

Riccardo Ferrari
Ninetta, Elena's maid contralto Giovanna Lanza
Danieli, a Sicilian tenor Matthias Stier
Tebaldo, a French soldier tenor Cristiano Olivieri
Roberto, a French soldier bass Seth Mease Carico
Manfredo, a Sicilian tenor Roberto Guenno
Pierangelo Aimé (19, 22, 25, 29)
 

 

Conductor

Gianandrea Noseda

Stage direction

Davide Livermore

Sets

Santi Centineo

Costumes

Giusi Giustino

Lighting Andrea Anfossi
Video Marco Fantozzi
Choreographies Luisa Baldinetti
Cristina Banchetti
Davide Livermore
Assistant to stage direction Alessandra Premoli
Assistant to sets Ettore Lorenzo Oddo
Assistant to costumes Clara Mennonna
Chorus master Claudio Fenoglio

 

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio

New staging in coproduction with
Den Norske Opera & Ballett (Oslo)
OLBE-ABAO Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (Bilbao)
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbona)

 

Within

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Partners


Compagnia di San Paolo Logo

 

Intesa San Paolo Logo


 

With the participation of

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Calendar

  1. Wednesday 16 March 2011 - 20.00 - Series A
  2. Friday 18 March 2011 - 20.00 - Dedicated to 150th of Italian Unity
  3. Saturday 19 March 2011 - 20.00 - Region Series 1
  4. Sunday 20 March 2011 - 15.00 - Series C
  5. Tuesday 22 March 2011 - 20.00 - Non-subscription performance
  6. Wednesday 23 March 2011 - 20.00 - Series D
  7. Friday 25 March 2011 - 20.00 - Company Series
  8. Sunday 27 March 2011 - 15.00 - Series F
  9. Tuesday 29 March 2011 - 20.00 - Series B