Opera
Italian Opera: 2008 Series
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February 2008
LA TRAVIATA
La Scala, Milan
by Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Liliana Cavani
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Design: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
Cast: Includes Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Ramón Vargas (Alfredo Germont), Roberto Frontali (Giorgio Germont)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 2hrs 20 mins
March 2008
AIDA
La Scala, Milan
by Giuseppe Verdi Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Costumes: Maurizio Millenotti
Cast : Includes Ildiko Komlosi (Amneris), Violeta Urmana (Aida), Roberto Alagna (Radames), Giorgio Giuseppini (Ramfis)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 2hrs 45 mins with one intermission
April 2008
MARIA STUARDA
La Scala, Milan
by Gaetano Donizetti Director/Designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Costumes: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Cast: Includes Mariella Devia (Maria Stuarda), Anna Caterina (Elisabetta)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 2hrs 45 mins
April - May 2008
LA RONDINE
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
by Giacomo Puccini
Director: Graham Vick
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Design: Peter J. Davison
Cast: Includes Fiorenza Cedolins (Magda), Massimo Giordano (Ruggero)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 1hr 50 mins
May 2008
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence
by Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Nicolas Joel
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Design: Ezio Frigerio
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
Cast: Includes Violeta Urmana (Donna Leonora), Carlo Guelfi (Don Carlos di Vargas), Marcello Giordani (Don Alvaro), Julia Gertseva (Preziosilla)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 2hr 40 mins
June 2008
IL TRITTICO
La Scala, Milan
by Giacomo Puccini
Director: Luca Ronconi
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Design: Margherita Palli
Costumes: Silvia Aymonino
Cast: Includes Juan Pons (Michel), Miro Dvorski (Luigi), Paoletta Marrocu (Giorgetta), Anna Maria Popescu (Frugola
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 3hrs
June 2008
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
La Scala, Milan
by Richard Wagner,
Director: Patrice Chéreau
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Design: Richard Peduzzi
Cast: Includes Ian Storey (Tristan), Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Michelle De Young (Brangane), Gerd Grokowski (Kurwenal)
Sung in German with English subtitles
Approximate running time: 4hrs 20 mins with 2 intermissions