Name: Zanetto
Start: 2021-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Arcola Theatre

Organization

Countertenor

Emma Roberts

Orfeo

Lila Chrisp

Soprano

Lizzie Holmes

Euridice

Victoria Mulley

Laura West

Amor

Stage director

Lysanne van Overbeek

Conductor

Lesley-Anne Sammons

Set designer

Bettina John

Barefoot Opera

Zanetto

Beaconsfield

United Kingdom

Maidenhead

Norden Farm Arts Centre

London

Arcola Theatre

St Leonards-on-Sea

Battle

Zanetto Mascagni (+1 More)

Public

Orpheus and Eurydice

Approved

Barefoot opera, well known for its fresh and lively performances of opera classics, presents a unique evening, combining a well-loved opera favourite with an operatic rarity that share a common theme: our search for love and inspiration in a dangerous world. 

Gluck’s famous opera Orfeo ed Euridice, featuring one of the world’s most loved arias, “Che faro senza Euridice,” retells the classic Greek tale of the poet Orpheus and his journey to the underworld to find and return his one true love. Barefoot Opera condenses and intensifies Gluck’s score in order to create one powerful act.

The second part of the evening features Zanetto, by Puccini’s contemporary Mascagni, (Cavalleria Rusticana). Silvia, a rich and beautiful courtesan who both finds and renounces true love, strongly resembles her operatic cousin Violetta from La Traviata by Verdi and shares a similar fate.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )