Gioachino Rossini – Moses in Egypt
Gioachino Rossini
MOSES IN EGYPT
Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Azione tragico-sacra in three acts
Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola
Naples version 1819, Ricordi
Moses: Michele Pertusi
Osiride: Dave Monaco
Pharaoh: Andrea Pellegrini
Elcia: Aida Pascu
Amaltea: Mariam Battistelli
Amenofi: Angela Schisano
Aaron: Matteo Mezzaro
Mambre: Andrea Galli
Conductor: Giovanni Di Stefano
Direction: Pier Francesco Maestrini
Set and video design: Nicolás Boni
Produced at the Scenography Workshop of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Costumes: Stefania Scaraggi
Costume Assistant: Paolo Vitale
Lighting: Bruno Ciulli
Italian Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera chorus of Modena
Chorus master: Giovanni Farina
Co-production: Modena Opera House Foundation, Piacenza Theatre Foundation, Reggio Emilia Theatres Foundation
NEW INSTALLATION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Così fan tutte
Friday 29 November 2024 – 20:00
Sunday 1 December 2024 – 15:30
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Comic opera in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Fiordiligi: Maria Mudryak
Dorabella: Lilly Jørstad
Guglielmo: Jiri Rajnis
Ferrando: Antonio Mandrillo
Despina: Francesca Cucuzza
Don Alfonso: Emanuele Cordaro
Conductor: Aldo Sisillo
Direction: Stefano Vizioli
Sets and costumes: Milo Manara
Set coordination: Benito Leonori
Costume coordination: Roberta Fratini
Lights: Nevio Cavina
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Opera chorus of Modena
Chorus Master Giovanni Farina
Co-production: Pergolesi Spontini Foundation, Verdi Theatre of Pisa, Modena Opera House Foundation, Social Theatre of Rovigo and Eurométropole Opera House of Metz
NEW INSTALLATION
Benjamin Britten – The Little Chimney Sweep
Saturday 14 December 2024 – 17:00
Benjamin Britten
THE LITTLE CHIMNEY SWEEP
A children’s opera in three scenes
Libretto by Eric Crozier
Performers of the Advanced Training Courses for Opera Singers of the Teatro Comunale di Modena
Nerone/Tommaso: Lorenzo Mazzucchelli
Clementino/Alfredo: Vincenzo Tremante
Ms. Bracco: Jihye Kim
Giulietta: Isabella Gilli
Rosa: Maria Bagalà
Soloists of the Children’s Voices of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Conductor: Paolo Gattolin
Direction and scenes: Stefano Monti
Assistant direction STED
Lights: Andrea Ricci
Chamber Ensemble of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Children’s Voices of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Master of Children’s Voices: Paolo Gattolin
Set-up: Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Giacomo Puccini – Gianni Schicchi
Saturday 21 December 2024 – 20:00
Sunday 22 December 2024 – 15:30
Giacomo Puccini
GIANNI SCHICCHI
Opera in one act
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Version for chamber orchestra by Ettore Panizza
Performers of the Advanced Course for Opera Singers of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Conductor: Luciano Acocella
Direction: Stefano Monti
Scenes: Rinaldo Rinaldi
Lights: Andrea Ricci
Italian Philharmonic Orchestra
Set-up: Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Georg Friedrich Händel – Julius Caesar
Friday 24 January 2025 – 20:00
Sunday 26 January 2025 – 15:30
Georg Friedrich Händel
JULIUS CAESAR
Musical drama in three acts
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym
from Julius Caesar in Egypt by Giacomo Francesco Bussani
Julius Caesar: Raffaele Pé
Cleopatra: Marie Lys
Achilla: Davide Giangregorio
Cornelia: Delphine Galou
Tolomeo Filippo Mineccia
Sesto: Federico Fiorio
Nireno: Enrico Torre
Curio: Clemente Antonio Daliotti
Accademia Bizantina
Harpsichord conductor: Ottavio Dantone
Direction: Chiara Muti
Scenes: Alessandro Camera
Costumes: Tommaso Lagattolla
Lights: Vincent Longuemare
Coproduction: Ravenna Manifestazioni, Pavarotti-Freni Opera House Foundation of Modena, Piacenza Theatre Foundation, Reggio Emilia Theatres Foundation, Teatro del Giglio Opera House of Lucca, Haydn Foundation of Bolzano and Trento
NEW INSTALLATION
Giuseppe Verdi – I due Foscari
Friday 21 February 2025 – 20:00
Sunday 23 February 2025 – 15:30
Giuseppe Verdi
I DUE FOSCARI
Tragedia lirica in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
inspired by the homonymous theatrical work in verse by Lord Byron
Publisher Casa Ricordi, Milan
Francesco Foscari: Luca Salsi
Jacopo Foscari: Luciano Ganci
Lucrezia Contarini: Marigona Qerkezi
Jacopo Loredano: Antonio Di Matteo
Barbarigo: Marcello Nardis
Pisana: Ilaria Alida Quilico
Fante: Manuel Pierattelli
Servant of the Doge: Eugenio Maria Degiacomi
Conductor: Matteo Beltrami
Direction: Joseph Franconi Lee
Sets and costumes: William Orlandi
Lights: Valerio Alfieri
Choreography: Raffaella Renzi
Collaborating director: Daniela Zedda
Assistant set designer and costume designer: Francesco Bonati
Emilia-Romagna Orchestra Arturo Toscanini
Chorus of the Piacenza Theatre
Chorus Master Corrado Casati
Co-production: Piacenza Theatre Foundation, Pavarotti-Freni Opera House Foundation of Modena
First production by ABAO of Bilbao and the Verdi Theatre of Trieste, property of the Piacenza Theatre Foundation and the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House Foundation of Modena
Pietro Mascagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo – Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Thursday 20 March 2025 – 20:00
Saturday 22 March 2025 – 18:00
Sunday 23 March 2025 – 15:30
Pietro Mascagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
Melodrama in one act / Drama in a prologue and two acts
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci / Ruggero Leoncavallo
Cavalleria Rusticana
Santuzza: Teresa Romano (20 and 23 March) / Nana Dzidziguri (22 March)
Alfio: Fabián Veloz (20 and 23 March) / Ernesto Petti (22 March)
Turiddu: Angelo Villari (20 and 23 March) / Amadi Lagha (22 March)
Lucia: Eleonora Filipponi
Lola: Francesca Cucuzza
Pagliacci
Nedda in the comedy Colombina: Daniela Schillaci (March 20 and 23) / Marina Shakhdinarova (March 22)
Canio, in the comedy Pagliaccio: Angelo Villari
Tonio, in the comedy Taddeo: Fabián Veloz (March 20 and 23) / Ernesto Petti (March 22)
Beppe, in the comedy Arlecchino: Giuseppe Infantino
Silvio, farmer: Hae Kang
Director: Aldo Sisillo
Director: Plamen Kartaloff
Sets: Giacomo Andrico
Costumes: Nella Emil Dimitrova-Stoyanova
Emilia-Romagna Arturo Toscanini Orchestra
Opera chorus of Modena
Chorus Master: Corrado Casati
Co-production: Pavarotti-Freni Opera House Foundation of Modena, Piacenza Theatre Foundation, Galli Theatre of Rimini
NEW INSTALLATION, in co-production with Sofia Opera House
Hengitä Breath / Jezioro Popiołów Ash Lake / Pearl of Hope
Friday, April 11, 2025 – 20:00
Sunday, April 13, 2025 – 15:30
B.U.T.T.E.R.F.L.Y. Project – Creative Europe
BOOSTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN OPERA CREATION
- HENGITÄ · RESPIRO (Finland)
- JEZIORO POPIOŁÓW · LAGO DI CENERE (Poland)
- PEARL OF HOPE (Italy)
Three one-act plays on a subject by high school students from
- “Otaniemen Lukio” from Helsinki
- “Number 6” from Gdansk
- “Francesco Selmi” from Modena
Composers
Paavo Korpijaakko – Finland
Beniamin Baczewski – Poland
Marco Attura – Italy
Librettists
Mirva Koivukangas – Finland
Jagoda Jagson – Poland
Vincenzo De Vivo – Italy
Conductor Jaan Ots
Direction Matteo Mazzoni
Set and costume design: Joanna Borkowska
Digital scenography: Heimspiel
Ensemble Progetto Butterfly
NEW INSTALLATION
Paul McCartney – Ecce cor meum | Beatles greatest hits
Tuesday 29 April 2025 – 20:00
ECCE COR MEUM
Music by Paul McCartney
BEATLES GREATEST HITS
Songs performed:
Eleanor Rigby
The Long and Winding Road
Penny Lane
Something
Yesterday
Let It Be
Hey Jude
Musical arrangements Antonio Aiello
Conductor: Lorenzo Bizzarri
Ferrara City Orchestra
Modena Opera chorus
Chorus master Lorenzo Bizzarri
Children’s chorus of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House
Children’s chorus master: Paolo Gattolin
Co-production: Ferrara Theatre Foundation, Pavarotti-Freni Opera House Foundation of Modena