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

Organization

Cantante

Soprano

Emily Magee

La duchessa Elena

Contralto

Lívia Ághová

Ninetta

Tenore

Burkhard Fritz

Arrigo

Baritono

Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester

Guido di Monforte

Basso

Bálint Szabó

Giovanni da Procida

Hubert Francis

Tebaldo

Fabrice Farina

Danieli

Robert Kops

Manfredo

Roger Smeets

Roberto

Jeremy White

Il sire di Bethune

Christophe Fel

Il conte Vaudemont

Direzione d'orchestra

Paolo Carignani

Regia

Christof Loy

Scenografia

Johannes Leiacker

Costumi

Ursula Renzenbrink

Luci

Bernd Purkrabek

Coreografia

Thomas Wilhelm

Direzione del coro

Martin Wrigh

Drammaturgia

Yvonne Gebauer

De Nationale Opera

Others

Chorus of The Netherlands Opera

Orchestra

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

I vespri siciliani

Amsterdam

Paesi Bassi

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.

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