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Zandonai - Francesca da Rimini

12/01/2012

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Svetla Vassilieva and Roberto Alagna star in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini.

Svetla Vassilieva and Roberto Alagna star in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini, in a rare performance of this 1914 melodrama given at the Paris Opera.

Opera Matinee featuring Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini starring Svetla Vassilieva and Roberto Alagna in a performance from Paris Opera.
A rare performance of one of the most original and polished Italian melodramas of the 20th century.
For political reasons, Francesca is to marry the deformed Giovanni, but so that she doesn't reject him on his looks, she's introduced to his handsome brother Paolo instead. Paolo and Francesca fall instantly in love with tragic consequences. 


Presented by Katie Derham.

Zandonai Francesca da Rimini 

Svetla Vassilieva (sop), Francesca da Rimini 
Roberto Alagna (ten), Paolo il Bello 
George Gagnidze (bar), Giovanni lo Sciancato 
William Joyner (ten), Malatestino dall'Occhio 
Carol Garcia (sop), Adonella 
Andrea Hill (alto), Altichiara 
Member of the Chorus (ten), Il Balestriere 
Grazia Lee (mezzo), Biancofiore 
Manuela Bisceglie (sop), Garsenda 
Yuri Kissin (bass), Il Giullare 
Wojtech Smilek (bass), Ostasio 
Louise Callinan (mezzo), Samaritana 
Alexandre Kravets (ten), Ser Toldo Berardengo 
Cornelia Oncioiu (mezzo), La Schiava 
Alexandre Duhamel (bar), Il Torrigiano 
Member of the Chorus (ten), Prisoner's Voice 

Paris National Opera Chorus 
Paris National Opera Orchestra 
Conductor: Daniel Oren.

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