A Florentine Tragedy & Gianni Schicchi: Canadian Opera Company

О событии

Sir Andrew Davis conducts, and opera legend Catherine Malfitano directs two one‐act gems in Toronto's Four Seasons Centre.

In A Florentine Tragedy, based on Oscar Wilde’s play, a merchant discovers his wife is having an affair with the Prince of Florence. A cat and mouse game ends with a brutal kill and a stunning twist, set to Zemlinsky’s ravishing late‐Romantic score. This rarely seen opera is part one of a double bill that concludes with Puccini’s tour‐de‐force comedy Gianni Schicchi, in which family members frantically scheme to benefit their own greed. Puccini shows a masterful comic touch with this swiftly paced one‐acter, featuring the beloved soprano aria, “O mio babbino caro.”

Sung in German/Italian with English Surtitles™.

A Florentine Tragedy

Cast
Simone: Alan Held
Bianca: Gun‐Brit Barkmin
Guido Bardi: Michael König

Gianni Schicchi
Cast
Gianni Schicchi: Alan Held
Nella: Gun‐Brit Barkmin
Lauretta: Simone Osborne
Rinuccio: René Barbera
Zita: Barbara Dever
Gherardo: Adam Luther
Simone: Donato Di Stefano
Betto di Signa: Craig Irvin
Marco: Peter McGillivry
La Ciesca: Rihab Chaieb
Maestro Spinelloccio: Doug MacNaughton
Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Philippe Sly
Pinellino: Neil Craighead
Guccio: Valerian Ruminski

Creative Team
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Director: Catherine Malfitano
Set Designer: Wilson Chin
Costume Designer: Terese Wadden
Lighting Designer: David Martin Jacques