I Due Foscari Plácido Domingo · Francesco Meli · Anna Pirozzi Conducted by Michele Mariotti · Staged by Alvis Hermanis Giuseppe Verdi I Due Foscari

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I Due Foscari Plácido Domingo · Francesco Meli · Anna Pirozzi Conducted by Michele Mariotti · Staged by Alvis Hermanis Giuseppe Verdi I Due Foscari

GIUSEPPE VERDI I DUE FOSCARI PLÁCIDO DOMINGO · FRANCESCO MELI · ANNA PIROZZI CONDUCTED BY MICHELE MARIOTTI · STAGED BY ALVIS HERMANIS GIUSEPPE VERDI I DUE FOSCARI Orchestra Orchestra and Chorus Acclaim for La Scala’s new Foscari: “Plácido Domingo is the of the Teatro alla Scala definitive Francesco of recent times” Financial( Times). “To see Conductor Michele Mariotti him again on stage is a joy. From here to eternity” (La Stampa). Stage Director Alvis Hermanis “One can only marvel at his enormous musicality, his ageless vocal quality, his enviable stage presence” (Il corriere musicale) Francesco Foscari Plácido Domingo Jacopo Foscari Francesco Meli Here is Plácido Domingo’s latest conquest: the leading baritone Lucrezia Contarini Anna Pirozzi role of Francesco Foscari in Verdi’s darkly atmospheric, Jacopo Loredano Andrea Concetti melodically generous early opera, based on Lord Byron’s play. Barbarigo Edoardo Milletti Set in 15th-century Venice, I due Foscari is the forerunner of Pisana Chiara Isotton Simon Boccanegra, and Domingo’s triumph as the Doge set the Fante Azer Rza-Zade seal on this critically lauded new production from Milan’s Teatro Servant of the Doge Till von Orlowsky alla Scala, the ultimate Verdi shrine. Produced by Metis Film Declaring the legendary singer “the definitive Francesco of Video Director Tiziano Mancini recent times”, the Financial Times’s reviewer also had high praise for the rest of La Scala’s superb cast, from “Andrea Concetti’s shot in solid Loredano, to the immaculate Francesco Meli in a perfect match for Jacopo. Anna Pirozzi makes a triumphant house ULTRA HD (3840 × 2160) debut as Lucrezia. She wins hearts and minds through fearsome dramatisation and thrilling vocal power. But the revelation of the Length: 129' night is [conductor] Michele Mariotti. Here is an interpretation Cat. no. A 000 50037 of unbridled elasticity[...] There is the whiff of Venice’s sea breeze A production of and a surge in its lagoon. The well-drilled chorus of patricians Servus TV and UNITEL CLASSICA send a chill down the spine. Mariotti is the wunderkind of the in co-production with Italian repertoire.” Fondazione Teatro alla Scala World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Brescia-Amisano · Flyer: luebbeke.com contractual Brescia-Amisano Flyer: 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.unitelclassica.com.

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