"Viva la mamma" by Donizetti, Fra (2024/2024), I regi av Orpha Phelan, Dirigent Danila Grassi, O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, Ireland

Overview Opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Domenico Gilardoni Fully-Staged Production Sung in Italian with English surtitles First Performance Teatro della Canobbiana, Milan, Italy, 1831 Background The opera was originally a one-act farsa which premiered at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1827, before Donizetti revised it as a two-act work with added recitatives and other material. Inspired by two comedies written by Antonio Simone Sografi between 1794 and 1816 it follows the theatrical traditions of Goldoni, Gozzi and Metastasio, subjecting the bad habits of the operatic world to biting criticism. Convenienze has appeared in a number of translations and under various titles such as Viva la Mamma and Viva la Diva. Venue O'Reilly Theatre, National Opera House Tickets €35 – €160 Priority booking for Friends opens from 24 April 2024. Become a Friend Duration Approx. running time: 150 minutes Sunday 20 Oct7:30pm Friday 25 Oct7:30pm Monday 28 Oct5pm Saturday 2 Nov7:30pm Cast Daria Garbinati Sharleen Joynt Donna Agata Scannagalli Paolo Bordogna Procolo Giuseppe Toia Biscroma Strappaviscere Matteo Loi Luigia Castragatti Paola Leoci Guglielmo Antolstoinoff Alberto Robert Cesare Salsapariglia William Kyle Creative Team Conductor Danila Grassi Stage Director Orpha Phelan Set and Costume Designer Madeline Boyd Lighting Designer Daniele Naldi Choreographer and Assistant Director Amy Share Kissiov