Art Designer
Bryn Terfel lidera un elenco estelar para la gran ópera bufa de Donizetti. La historia de Don Pasquale, el hombre de mediana edad (Bryn Terfel) engañado por la astucia de su joven esposa, es la trama argumental de esta nueva producción de la ópera en tres actos de Gaetano Donizetti. El virtuosismo del elenco seleccionado por la Royal Opera, se combina con una música brillante y una puesta en escena que actualiza y convierte en contemporánea esta historia conmovedora.
Decorator
“Foolish indeed is he who marries in old age.” Thus ends Don Pasquale: with a wise dictum not lacking in irony that sums up the disappointments of its hero, a rich bachelor keen to marry who is deceived by his nephew Ernesto and his young bride-to-be Norina. First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite and varied work, is the apotheosis of opera buffa. Performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, the production has been entrusted to the Italian director, Damiano Michieletto, who transports us directly to the sincerity and dramatic splendour at the heart of an apparently light‑hearted work.
Production Design
Lightning streaks through the skies as Dalila declares her love to Samson in one of the finest arias of romantic opera. “My heart awakens to your voice like a flower to the kiss of dawn.” An enchanting yet treacherous beauty… When the thunder at last rumbles, Dalila betrays Samson and offers him up to his enemies: “Come up, for this time he has shown me all his heart”, she whispers to them in the night (The Old Testament, Book of Judges). Based on a violent and erotic biblical story, Saint-Saëns’s opera – composed in 1877, much to Liszt’s insistence – would not be performed at the Palais Garnier until fifteen years later. This first Parisian performance in 1892 included the hitherto unperformed “Dance Of The Priestesses”. Nevertheless, it became one of the most performed French operas in the world, together with Faust and Carmen. Conducted by Philippe Jordan, this new production brings back a repertoire masterpiece that has not been performed at the Paris Opera for twenty-five years.
Production Design
An esoteric fairy-tale, a mystical-dreamlike tale, and a symbolic-Masonic course: No matter which perspective you consider it from, The Magic Flute will always be one of Mozart’s undisputed masterpieces. Amidst exotic, fanciful settings and cruel trials to conquer knowledge, amidst musical enchantment and threatening hostile forces, is the final victory of good over evil and love over hate. Singspiel in two acts to a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, the Zauberflöte is one of the Salzburg genius’ last masterpieces, which he probably began composing in May 1791, not even six months before his death. The opera had its debut in Vienna on 30 September 1791, conducted by the composer himself and with Schikaneder as Papageno.
Production Design
The tale of Cinderella set in today's Rome.
Set Designer
El clásico melodrama de Mascagni y el famoso drama de Leoncavallo en la galardonada producción de Damiano Michieletto en una emocionante experiencia cinematográfica. Cavalleria Rusticana de Pietro Mascagni y Pagliacci de Ruggero Leoncavallo, escritas de manera independiente, son dos de las óperas italianas en dos actos más famosas hoy en día. Cavalleria Rusticana se estrenó con gran éxito en 1890, lo que influyó en Leoncavallo, cuyo estreno de Pagliacci dos años más tarde también sería un gran triunfo. Las dos obras maestras juntas nos muestran la tradición y el realismo característicos del verismo. Desprenden concisión, riqueza en la melodía y una clara obsesión.
