Les vepres siciliennes (I vespri Siciliani)

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Scribe, Eugene

Librettist/Text Author: Duveyrier, Charles

Conductor: Carignani, Paolo

Orchestra: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Netherlands Philharmonic Chorus

Chorus Master: Wright, Martin

Barbara Nota: Spitz, Barbara

Danieli: Farina, Fabrice

Duchess Helene: Haveman, Barbara

Frederic d'Autriche: Gittins, Richard

Guy de Montfort: Marco-Buhrmester, Alejandro

Helene d'Autriche: Wunderlich, Katharina

Henri: Fritz, Burkhard

Henri Nota: Ster, Adam

Jean Procida: Szabo, Balint

Le Comte de Vaudemont: Fel, Christophe

Le Sire de Bethune: White, Jeremy

Mainfroid: Vries, Rudi de

Ninetta: Aghova, Livia

Robert: Smeets, Roger

Thibault: Francis, Hubert

Young Montfort: Presland, Samon

Set Designer: Leiacker, Johannes

Costume Designer: Renzenbrink, Ursula

Choreographer: Wilhelm, Thomas

Stage Director: Loy, Christof

Television Director: Vermeiren, Misjel

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Date of Production: 29-09-2010

Venue: Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam

Playing Time: 03:27:57

Catalogue Number: OA1060D

UPC: 809478010609

Synopsis

Les vepres siciliennes (I vespri Siciliani)

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Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics. Originally set during Sicily’s 13th-century uprising against French rule, in Christof Loy’s staging for the Netherlands Opera the action is transposed to a 1940s world of sudden violence and shadowy double-dealing. Imaginatively cast and idiomatically conducted, the performance presents this magnificent score in its entirety, including the allegorical ballet The Four Seasons.