La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Librettist/Text Author: Foppa, Giuseppe

Conductor: Claudio, Scimone

Orchestra: Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra

Blansac: Lepore, Carlo

Dormont: Zanfardino, Daniele

Dorvil: Zapata, Jose Maria

Germano: Bordogna, Paolo

Giulia: Peretyatko, Olga

Lucilla: Malavasi, Anna

Set Designer: Fantin, Paolo

Costume Designer: Fantin, Paolo

Lighting Designer: Carletti, Alessandro

Stage Director: Michieletto, Damiano

Television Director: Mancini, Tiziano

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Festival: Rossini Opera Festival

Playing Time: 01:44:20

Catalogue Number: A00008824

Synopsis

La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)

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Rossini's sparkling La Scala di Seta of 1812 weaves a burlesque tale of gentlemen climbing in and out of a lady's bedchamber on a silken ladder. Damiano Michieletto's modern-day production from the Rossini Festival in Pesaro sets the action in the two-room apartment of the heroine Giulia, sung with "wonderful suppleness" (Opernwelt) by Olga Peretyatko. The production also features a spectacular grand aria for Blansac (Carlo Lepore) extraneous to the work. Leading a young and spirited cast of Rossini specialists is maestro Claudio Scimone, a key figure in the international Rossini Renaissance.