Beatrice di Tenda

Composer: Bellini, Vincenzo

Librettist/Text Author: Romani, Felice

Conductor: Pirolli, Antonio

Orchestra: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra

Chorus: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Chorus

Chorus Master: Carlini, Tiziana

Agnese: Monaco, Jose Maria Lo

Anichino: Roy, Alejandro

Beatrice: Theodossiou, Dimitra

Filippo: Kalmandi, Michele

Orombello: Roy, Alejandro

Rizzardo: Marletta, Alfio

Set Designer: Brockhaus, Henning

Costume Designer: Colis, Giancarlo

Lighting Designer: Brockhaus, Henning

Choreographer: Scialfa, Emma

Stage Director: Brockhaus, Henning

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Venue: Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania

Playing Time: 02:41:16

Catalogue Number: 33675

UPC: 8007144336752

Synopsis

Beatrice di Tenda

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Beatrice di Tenda is, to date, one of Vincenzo Bellini's more unfamiliar and rarely performed operas, even though it contains moments of extraordinary music. Based on a libretto by Felice Romani, Bellini's favourite collaborator, it was written in 1833 for Venice's La Fenice theatre. It was rather unsuccessful, but the musician always claimed it was on a par with his other, more popular works. Like all of Bellini's operas, Beatrice di Tenda calls for an outstanding female protagonist, for a role that today Dimitra Theodossiou is among the few who can tackle in all of its infinite variety of dramatic and vocal registers, reviving the glories of the great 19th-century bel canto sopranos.