Name: Lucio Silla
Start: 2021-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Prairie Lakes Theater

Organization

Dirigent

Adriano Spampanato

Regissör

Cathy Dunn

Assistant Director

Edson Melendez​​

Assistant Conductor

Taichi Fukumura​

Tenor

Jacob Rivera

Lucio Silla

Soprano

Jade Ferrell

Giunia

Emily Tiberi

Nicolle Hendzel

Alexandra Kzeski

Cecilio

Bruno Rivera

Rachel Hahn

Nara Song

Lucio Cinna

Rebecca Regan

Jennifer O’Brien

Yui Futaeda

Celia

Holly Thiemann

Michaela Larsen

Charles M. Anderson

Aufidio

William Fishwick

Chicago Summer Opera

Des Plaines

Prairie Lakes Theater

Public

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da Gambist

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Kompositör

Librettist

Scenograf

Kostym designer

Koreograf

Ljus designer

Dansare

Skådespelare

Körledare

Video designer

Dramaturg

Tolk

Ljud designer

Repetitör

Sminkartist

Exekutiv producent

Hårstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Kör

Orkester

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

In 79 BC, Lucio Silla has achieved autocratic power in Rome through violence and intimidation and is backed by a supportive Senate. His fiercest enemy, the noble Senator Cecilio, has been exiled, but is believed dead thanks to Silla’s ability to shape public narrative; Silla covets Giunia, Cecilio’s betrothed, for himself. Silla attempts to follow his sister Celia’s advice to win Giunia over with kindness, but the threat of noncompliance lingers when he tries to woo her. Giunia, whose father was also killed in Silla’s ascent to power, rejects the autocrat, choosing allegiance to her father and Cecilio. This rejection provides Silla with another excuse to choose tyranny: he declares that she will die.

Meanwhile, Cecilio has secretly returned to Rome and reunites with Giunia by her father’s tomb. When Cecilio’s presence is discovered, Silla again chooses tyranny, declaring that Cecilio will be put to death. Giunia, Celia, and Cinna – Cecilio’s friend and the object of Celia’s affections – seek a solution to Silla’s tyrannical behavior and Cecilio’s fate, effectively debating the value and efficacy of vengeance, persuasion, and honor under oppression. Will Silla continue his bloody and tyrannical reign or will justice win the day? The lieto fine, like many in 18th century opera, can be hard for today’s audiences to accept and is sometimes subverted by staging and production choices. Despite these contemporary interpretive tendencies, this production preserves the opera’s original intent, celebrating honor and bravery in the face of autocracy as well as the power of love to persevere and overcome tyranny and cruelty.

Composed when Mozart was just 16 with librettist Giovanni de Gamerra, Lucio Silla is the third Mozart opera commissioned by Milan. The three-act opera seria largely follows the genre’s conventions but lightly pushes musical bounds, blurring standard delineations with several accompanied recitatives and less common aria structures.

English

Lucio Silla by Mozart, sön 11 jul 2021, Från (2021/2021), Regisserad av Cathy Dunn,, Dirigent Adriano Spampanato, Prairie Lakes Theater, Des Plaines, USA

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