Vincenzo Taormina OTTORINO RESPIGHI Leo Muscato
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI The Sleeping Beauty Angela Nisi · Shoushik Barsoumian Antonio Grandía · Vincenzo Taormina Conducted by Donato Renzetti Staged by Leo Muscato OTTORINO RESPIGHI La bella dormente nel bosco (The Sleeping Beauty) Libretto by Gian Bistolfi after Charles Perrault’s fairytale Orchestra Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Chorus Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Chorus Master Gaetano Mastroiaco Conductor Donato Renzetti Stage Director Leo Muscato For the seasonal opening of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, acclaimed The Princess Angela Nisi stage director Leo Muscato rediscovered a precious rarity of the Prince April Antonio Grandía 20th century: The “musical fairytale” La bella dormente nel bosco (The The Blue Fairy Shoushik Barsoumian Sleeping Beauty) by Ottorino Respighi, which had not been staged for The King/The Ambassador Vincenzo Taormina 50 years, and which Muscato revived in a “brilliant, surprising and The Queen/The Frog/ colourful” staging (La Stampa). The Old Lady Veta Pilipenko The Teatro Lirico enjoys a worldwide reputation for championing such The Green Fairy/The Cat/ rediscovered rarities. Already with La Campana sommersa (The Sunken The Duchess/The Cuckoo Lara Rotili Bell), another operatic masterpiece by Respighi, its team enjoyed a Spindle/Nightingale Claudia Urru fulminant success which even met response on the other side of the Mister Dollar/The Clown Enrico Zara ocean – the production became part of the New York City Opera’s A Lumberjack Nicola Ebau programme. Indeed, Respighi put a lot of passion and effort into La bella dormente, Produced by Metis Film which is based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale of the same name. Video Director Tiziano Mancini Originally, the piece was conceived as a puppet show, written by Respighi for the Italian marionettist Vittorio Podrecca, director of the famous marionette company Teatro dei Piccoli (Theatre for Children). It was premiered at the Teatro Odescalchi in Rome in 1922. The numerous roles were all interpreted by marionettes and only accompanied by orchestra and singers, who took several roles at once. The production became such a big hit that it went on world tour. Length: approx. 80' Respighi revised his opera two times. The second version, featuring Cat. no. A 000 50046 mime artists and dancers instead of marionettes, was put on stage in 1934. A third, posthumous version, completed by Respighi’s wife Elsa, A production of Unitel was performed in a concertante version in 1967 in Turin. in cooperation with In the present production of the Teatro Lirico, the prestigious cast of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Fondazione young singers and the enthusiasm shown by Donato Renzetti – who “conducts the orchestra with apparent love for Respighi’s music” (Der Opernfreund) – make their contribution to a “splendid Respighi- Rennaissance” (La Stampa). World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Priamo Tolu · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: · Tolu contractual Priamo Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.