Name: Edgar
Start: 2008-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Regio

Organization

Tenor

José Cura

Edgar

Rubens Pelizzari

Mezzo-soprano

Amarilli Nizza

Fidelia

Carmen Giannattasio

Julia Gertseva

Tigrana

Giuseppina Piunti

Baritone

Marco Vratogna

Frank

Domenico Balzani

Conductor

Lü Jia

Stage director

Lorenzo Mariani

Set designer

Maurizio Balò

Costume designer

Chorus master

Claudio Marino Moretti

Bass

Carlo Cigni

Gualtiero

Yoram David

Claudio Fenoglio

Teatro Regio di Torino

Orchestra

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Turin

Italy

Teatro Regio

Puccini’s operas are among the most beloved and best-known works in the classical repertoire, but Edgar may be unknown even to aficionados, at least as it is presented here. This original four-act version of Edgar, first performed in 1889, was believed lost for over a century when Puccini’s granddaughter Simonetta discovered the score fully intact in 2008. In addition to the third act’s funeral music, which Arturo Toscanini conducted at Puccini’s funeral in 1924, listeners may recognize the duet from the now-restored fourth act, cut by Puccini in subsequent revisions of the work: it bears more than a passing similarity to the third-act duet in Tosca.

For the first performance of the original score since the nineteenth century, accomplished Argentine tenor José Cura steps into the title role, a man torn between his love for virtuous Fidelia (soprano Amarilli Nizza), and his carnal lust for debauched courtesan Tigrana (one of the few mezzo roles Puccini wrote, sung here by Julia Gertseva). If the intrigue seems slightly unoriginal, the talented cast elevates the material, and Lorenzo Mariani’s rich staging transposes the action from the medieval age to Risorgimento Italy, the milieu in which the opera was born.

Edgar Puccini

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Contralto

Singer

Countertenor

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Edgar by Puccini, Wed 25 Jun 2008, From (2008/2008), Directed by Lorenzo Mariani,, Conductor Lü Jia, Yoram David, Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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