Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra
New Teatro alla Scala Production

Running Time: 2 hours 43 minutes intermission included

Artistic profile

Conductor : Fabio Luisi
Staging : David Pountney
Sets : Leslie Travers
Costumes : Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Designer : Fabrice Kebou
Choreographic movements : Denni Sayers

CAST

Francesca : Maria José Siri
Samaritana : Alisa Kolosova
Ostasio : Costantino Finucci
Paolo il bello : Roberto Aronica
Giovanni lo sciancato : Gabriele Viviani
Malatestino dall'Occhio : Luciano Ganci

Biancofiore : Sara Rossini*
Garsenda : Valentina Boi
Altichiara : Diana Haller
Adonella : Alessia Nadin
Smaragdi (la schiava) : Idunnu Münch
Ser Toldo : Matteo Desole
Il Giullare : Elia Fabbian
Il Balestriere/Un Prigioniero (in interno) : Hun Kim*
Il Torrigiano : Lasha Sesitashvili*

(*Student of the Teatro alla Scala Academy)

NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE

Absent from La Scala since 1959, when Gianandrea Gavazzeni directed Magda Olivero and Mario del Monaco in the lead roles, D’Annunzio’s enthralling tale of passion and jealousy – written as a tribute to Dante and put to music by Zandonai –, comes back to life in a new production by David Pountney. On the podium, Fabio Luisi, a staunch fan of this distinctive score, ably draws out both its aspects of Verismo and the refinement of the twentieth century. In the lead roles we find Maria José Siri, acclaimed at the 2016 inauguration of Madama Butterfly, Roberto Aronica, who returns to La Scala after his successful role in the Fanciulla del West, and Gabriele Viviani.