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26/05/2016

Verdi - Stiffelio

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Verity Sharp presents Teatro La Fenice's 2015 production of Verdi's Stiffelio.

Verity Sharp presents Teatro La Fenice's 2015 production of Verdi's underrated drama of adultery and forgiveness Stiffelio.

In today's opera matinee, Verity Sharp presents Verdi's underrated drama of adultery and forgiveness, Stiffelio, in a recent recording of the 2015 production from Venice's Teatro La Fenice. Verdi's original production met resistance from the Catholic authorities because of the religious content of the opera about a Protestant minister who was a married man of God. Like Verdi's contemporary opera, La Traviata, it deals with issues of social hypocrisy; and it shares a similar musical language. The drama continues with a swasbuckling account from the 1930s which celebrates Henry V's famous victory in France. 

Stiffelio, a Protestant minister.... Stefano Secco (tenor)
Lina, his wife.... Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano)
Count Stankar, her father, an elderly colonel .... Dimitri Platanias (baritone)
Raffaele, Lina's lover .... Francesco Marsiglia (tenor)
Jorg, an elderly minister .... Simon Lim (bass)
Dorotea, Lina's cousin .... Sofia Koberidze (mezzo-soprano)
Federico di Frengel, Dorotea's lover .... Cristiano Olivieri (tenor)
Teatro La Fenice Chorus and Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni

2.00pm Act I
3.00pm Act II
3.25pm Act III

4.05pm
Walter Leigh: Agincourt
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

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