Description
This production promises to be a thrilling version of Verdi's classic opera of vendetta, elopement, love, vengeance and doom.
This production promises to be a thrilling version of Verdi's classic opera of vendetta, elopement, love, vengeance and doom.
A giant human skull as the focal point. A chorus draped in black veils and wearing skull masks. A dramatic production where candle-lit interiors and earthy exteriors change in the blink of an eye. Welcome to director Tama Matheson’s mainstage opera debut and what promises to be a thrilling version of Verdi’s classic opera of vendetta, elopement, love, vengeance and doom.
The overture is among Verdi’s best, an exciting prelude to a plot replete with chaotic events, passionate characters and many a coincidence that takes them to boiling point. Mark Thompson’s stunning set and richly-detailed costumes conjure a dark, expressive landscape where death stalks the stage. The glory of war is undercut in a shattering climax of strident, resonating power.
The production features an all-star cast. Bulgarian soprano Svetla Vassileva portrays Leonora in her Opera Australia debut. Acclaimed international tenor Riccardo Massi plays Don Alvaro while the exemplary bass Giacomo Prestia also makes his Sydney Opera House debut. They are joined by many of the Company’s best-loved singers, including Jonathan Summers, Warwick Fyfe and Kanen Breen.
"Verdi...has bursts of marvellous passion. It is true his passion is brutal but it is better to be impassioned in this way than not at all"
Georges Bizet, letter, 1859
Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
An Opera Conference co-production.
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Artist Information
Conductor
Andrea Licata
Director Tama Matheson
Assistant Director
Netta Yashchin
Set & Costume Designer Mark Thompson
Lighting Designer Nigel Levings
Leonora Svetla Vassileva
Don Alvaro Riccardo Massi
Don Carlos di Vargas Jonathan Summers
Padre Guardiano
Giacomo Prestia
Preziosilla Rinat Shaham
Fra Melitone Warwick Fyfe
Andrew Moran
Marchese di Calatrava Richard Anderson
Mastro Trabuco Kanen Breen
Curra Sian Pendry
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
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