Name: I vespri siciliani
Start: 2010-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Organization

Soprano

Emily Magee

La Duchesse Hélène

Contralto

Lívia Ághová

Ninette

Ténor

Burkhard Fritz

Henri

Baryton

Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester

Guy de Montfort

Basse

Bálint Szabó

Jean Procida

Hubert Francis

Thibault

Fabrice Farina

Daniéli

Robert Kops

Mainfroid

Roger Smeets

Robert

Jeremy White

Le Sire de Béthune

Christophe Fel

Le Comte de Vaudemont

Direction d'orchestre

Paolo Carignani

Mise en scène

Christof Loy

Décors

Johannes Leiacker

Costumes

Ursula Renzenbrink

Lumières

Bernd Purkrabek

Chorégraphie

Thomas Wilhelm

Direction de choeur

Martin Wrigh

Dramaturgie

Yvonne Gebauer

De Nationale Opera

Others

Chorus of The Netherlands Opera

Orchestra

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

I vespri siciliani -  (Les Vêpres siciliennes)

Amsterdam

Pays-Bas

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

This superb version of The Sicilian Vespers was staged by Christof Loy at the Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam in 2010. The performance stars Barbara Haveman, Livia Ághová and Burkhard Fritz, while Paolo Carignani conducts the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest.

The Sicilian Vespers is an opera in five acts by Verdi, and was performed for the very first time at the Paris Opera on June 13th 1855 as part of the 1855 Universal Exposition. Although this work followed three of Verdi's biggest successes—Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata—The Sicilian Vespers never reached the same level of popularity as its predecessors.

Verdi’s opera recounts the historic event of the "Sicilian Vespers", when during Easter in 1282 A.D., the Sicilian population rose up against King Charles of Anjou. The staging by Christof Loy modernizes the opera, with armor and other 13th-century props replaced by costumes of different eras. Apart from the red curtain and choirs, the staging consists entirely of videos projected on a screen. The leading vocal roles are sung by Barbara Haveman, Livia Ághová and Burkhard Fritz, accompanied by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Paolo Carignani.

I vespri siciliani

Public

Les Vêpres siciliennes

Valide

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