Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Speranza Scappucci

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Grischa Asagaroff

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Luigi Perego

Costume designer

Chorusmaster

Conductor (+3)

Stefano Visconti

Soprano

Maria José Siri

Santuzza

Contralto (+2)

Annunziata Vestri

Lola

Tenor (+3)

Yusif Eyvazov

Turiddu

Bass-baritone (+4)

Peter Kálmán

Alfio

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Elena Zilio

Lucia

Baritone (+2)

Nicola Alaimo

Gianni Schicchi

Nina Minasyan

Lauretta

Zita

Tenor (+1)

Edgardo Rocha

Rinuccio

Enrico Casari

Gherardo

Giovanni Romeo

Betto di Signa

Bass (+2)

Giovanni Furlanetto

Simone

Bass (+5)

Eugenio Di Lieto

Marco

Mezzo-soprano (+5)

Rosa Bove

La Ciesca

Bass-baritone (+12)

Matteo Peirone

Maestro Spinelloccio

Fabrice Alibert

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Chorus

Choeur de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Orchestra

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Soprano (+1)

Caterina Di Tonno

Nella

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Gigi Saccomandi

Baritone (+3)

Przemysław Baranek

Guccio

Bass-baritone (+2)

Luca Vianello

Pinellino

Salle Garnier

Egon Rostagni

Gherardino

Chloé Macchi

Since innovation is not a crime, these two works, which are not often seen together, will be the object of a new production by director Grischa Asagaroff: Cavalleria rusticana, the founding opus of the verismo movement and Mascagni’s greatest success, will precede Gianni Schicchi, the third opera of the Trittico cycle, Puccini’s late masterpiece. Both works were written by composers who shared the same stages and a similar idea of the operatic narrative, and each of whom provided a striking contrast between the two faces of Italy. On one side, the fiery Sicily described in Verga’s short story, where passions are as intense as the sun that crushes its villages, and its inherent fatality that leads to death. On the other side, the refinement of Dante’s medieval and popular, elegant and spiritual city of Florence, where the vis comica colours each instant with infectious humour. In short, two operas theatrically inspired and filled with memorable lyrical flights. Under the direc-tion of Speranza Scappucci, the Italian conductor whose career is rising rapidly, two casts will work unfailingly to render justice to the extreme tension of Mascagni’s music and the agility of Puccini’s score.

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