Edgar

Teatro Regio, Wednesday 25 June 2008 - Sunday 6 July 2008

Playbill

Opera in four acts
Libretto by Ferdinando Fontana
From the dramatic poem La Coupe et les lèvres by Alfred de Musset

Music by Giacomo Puccini

Contemporary world première of the original version in four act

Characters

Cast
Edgar, tenor

José Cura
Keith Olsen (26, 28, 1, 5)
Fidelia, soprano

Amarilli Nizza (25, 26, 27, 29, 2, 4, 6)
Carmen Giannattasio (28, 1, 5)
Tigrana, a gipsy woman,
mezzosoprano

Julia Gertseva
Giuseppina Piunti (26, 28, 1, 5)
Frank, baritone

Marco Vratogna
Domenico Balzani (26, 28, 1, 5)
Gualtiero bass Carlo Cigni
   
Conductor

Yoram David
Director

Lorenzo Mariani
Sets and costumes Maurizio Balò
Lighting Christian Pinaud
Assistant to Direction Elisabetta Marini
Assistant to costumes Alessandra Gramaglia
Chorus and Children’s
Chorus Master


Claudio Marino Moretti

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio
Children's Chorus of the Teatro Regio and the Conservatory "G.Verdi"

New staging
in co-production with the Teatro Comunale of Bologna

Calendar

  1. Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 20.00 - Series A
  2. Thursday 26 June 2008 - 20.00 - Family Series
  3. Friday 27 June 2008 - 20.00 - Series B
  4. Saturday 28 June 2008 - 20.00 - Region Series 2
  5. Sunday 29 June 2008 - 15.00 - Series C
  6. Tuesday 1 July 2008 - 20.00 - Company Series
  7. Wednesday 2 July 2008 - 20.00 - Series D
  8. Friday 4 July 2008 - 20.00 - Non-subscription performance
  9. Saturday 5 July 2008 - 20.00 - Region Series 1
  10. Sunday 6 July 2008 - 15.00 - Series F