Organization

St Gallen Festspiele

Conductor

Modestas Pitrenas

Stage director

Barbora Horáková

Set designer

Susanne Gschwender

Costume designer

Annemarie Bulla

Lighting designer

Michael Bauer

Sound designer

Benjamin Schultz

Chorus master

Franz Obermair

Dramaturge

Christina Schmidl

Assistant Director

Edith Ronacher

Singer

Soprano

Ania Jeruc

Giovanna

Marigona Qerkezi

Tenor

Mikheil Sheshaberidze

Carlo VII

Giorgi Sturua

Baritone

Evez Abdulla

Giacomo

Giuseppe Altomare

Bass

Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev

Talbot

Jerzy Butryn

Christopher Sokolowski

Delil

Riccardo Botta

Others

Chor des Theaters St. Gallen

Opernchor St. Gallen

Theater St Gallen

Orchestra

Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen

Theaterchor Winterthur

Extras of the Theater St. Gallen

Philharmonischer Chor Prag

Italian

Giovanna d'Arco -  (Joan of Arc)

St Gallen

Switzerland

Klosterhof

Public

Private

Joan of Arc

German

Approved

Giovanna d'Arco Verdi

Inspired by Friedrich Schiller's drama, Giuseppe Verdi's opera Giovanna d'Arco , which premiered in 1845, tells a very unique version of the legend of France's national heroine Jeanne d'Arc - the simple peasant girl who led the French army to victory over the English occupiers. Verdi and his librettist Temistocle Solera do not portray Giovanna as a heroic virgin warrior who ends up being gloriously martyred at the stake. Rather, her interpretation focuses on a deeply religious, vulnerable young woman who is thrown into a deep moral conflict by her love for the French King Carlo. In the end, Giovanna decides against her feelings and for the divine mission and ends up falling for her fatherland on the battlefield.
In the monastery courtyard, Verdi's opera, in which moments of intense intimacy contrast with large-scale mass tableaus in the style of French grand opéra, can be seen in the production by director Barbora Horáková, who won a prize at the Ring Award in Graz in 2017 and as Newcomer of the Year in 2018 at the International Opera Awards.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer