Viva La Mamma! Opéra National de Lyon
About the Event
Discover Donizetti's comic opera about opera, 'Viva La Mamma!', in a production by Laurent Pelly and under the direction of conductor Lorenzo Viotti.
During a rehearsal, a capricious soprano and an inadequate tenor are interrupted by Mamma Agata, bursting in to demand a better role for her daughter, Luigia. A fight takes place, but a bad news is soon to be learned: the Musico has fled! It is Mamma Agata that will offer to take over the castrato's role… With a succession of catastrophic and comical situations, Donizetti describes, with an inch of irony and lots of tenderness, life behind‐the‐scenes of the opera.
In Italian with French surtitles
Cast / Production
Conductor Lorenzo Viotti
Direction and costumes Laurent Pelly
Collaboration to costumes Jean‐Jacques Delmotte
Settings Chantal Thomas
Lights Joël Adam
Daria, prima donna Patrizia Ciofi
Procolo, her husbandCharles Rice
Luigia, seconda donna Clara Meloni
Mamma Agata Laurent Naouri
Guglielmo, primo tenore Enea Scala
Biscroma Strappaviscere, conductor Pietro di Bianco
Orchestra and choirs of the Opéra de Lyon
