Margherita d'Anjou

Composer: Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Romani, Felice

Conductor: Luisi, Fabio

Orchestra: Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia

Chorus: Piacenza Muncipal Theatre Chorus

Chorus Master: Casati, Corrado

An Officer: Guerrieri, Massimiliano

Bellapunta: Izzo, Lorenza

Carlo Belmonte: Meikle, Laurence

Edoardo: Carbotti, Arcangelo

Gertrude: Tereshchenko, Elena

Isaura: Petrone, Gaia

Margherita: Blasis, Giulia de

Michele Gamautte: Romano, Marco Filippo

Orner: Hoxha, Dielli

Riccardo: Kohl, Bastian Thomas

The Duke of Lavarenne: Rositskiy, Anton

Set Designer: Boyd, Madeleine

Costume Designer: Boyd, Madeleine

Lighting Designer: Calabro, Giuseppe

Choreographer: Olivier, Riccardo

Stage Director: Talevi, Alessandro

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Date of Production: July 2017

Festival: Festival della Valle d'Itria

Playing Time: 02:41:23

Catalogue Number: 37802

UPC: 8007144378028

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Margherita D'Anjou was Giacomo Meyerbeer's fourth opera in Italian and his first true success. After an absence from the stage of one and a half centuries, it returned at the 43rd Valle d'Itria Festival in an exemplary production: the ironical setting of the director Talevi - the War of the Roses takes place at the London Fashion Week - is perfectly matched by the elegant direction of Luisi, at the head of the Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia.

The opera, which belongs to the semi-serious genre, moves from the warlike tones of Act One to the idyllic ones of Act Two, where both female protagonist appear: the queen, a soprano, and the wife, a contralto; both seeking the love of a heroic tenor equally daring in battle and in music.

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