“Dante da camera” and the second recital of “Enrico di Borgogna” close the first weekend
At Donizetti’s birthplace, ‘Casa Natale’, at 11am, a staging of the chamber opera with Paolo Fabbri, Maurizio Donadoni and Bruno Taddia
Sunday 25th November, the 200 year-old opera back at the Teatro Sociale
The festival day begins on Sunday 25th November at 11am at Donizetti’s birthplace in Borgo Canale, declared a national monument in 1926, with a staging of ‘Dante da Camera: Inferno in Salotto’ (Chamber Dante: Inferno in the Salon). The piece comprises narration set to music that combines, through a dramaturgy by Paolo Fabbri and Maurizio Donadoni, the compositions of Donizetti and Rossini and verses by Dante, with the baritone Bruno Taddia playing Donizetti’s Conte Ugolino, directed by Donadoni, Fabbri as narrator, Andrea Corazziari at the piano, and costumes curated by the fashion school ‘Fashion Atelrieri’ of Bergamo, under the artistic coordination of Jana Grossmann.
After the great success of its debut, ‘Enrico di Borgogna’ (Henry of Burgundy) is back at the Teatro Sociale on Sunday 25th November, at 3.30pm, the title linked to the project #donizetti200 that was welcomed with great enthusiasm by the public of the festival. The applauded and entertaining staging, co-produced with Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, bears the signature of director Silvia Paoli, with scenography by Andrea Belli, costumes by Valeria Bettella, and lights by Fiammetta Baldisseri. On the musical side, Alessandro De Marchi will be at the helm of his Academia Montis Regalis, the Donizetti Opera Chorus (trained by Fabio Tartari) and the voices of Anna Bonitatibus, Sonia Ganassi, Levy Sekgapane and Luca Tittoto.
Sunday 25th November h 3.30 pm (Shift C)
sabato 1 dicembre ore 20.30 (Out of subscription)
Teatro Sociale
ENRICO DI BORGOGNA
Melodrama for music by Bartolomeo Merelli
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
First performance in Venice, Vendramin San Luca Theatre, 14th November 1818
Critical revision by Anders Wiklund
Enrico Anna Bonitatibus
Pietro Francesco Castoro
Elisa Sonia Ganassi
Guido Levy Sekgapane
Gilberto Luca Tittolo
Brunone Lorenzo Barbieri
Nicola Matteo Mezzaro
Gertrude Federica Vitali
Conductor Alessandro De Marchi
Directed by Silvia Paoli
Scenes Andrea Belli
Costumes Valeria Donata Bettella
Lighting design Fiammetta Baldiserri
Director assistant Tecla Gucci
Choirmaster Fabio Tartari
Accademia Montis Regalis
Coro Donizetti Opera
A new production by Fondazione Donizetti
in collaboration with Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
