Afternoon on 3 Thursday Opera Matinee - Casella - La Donna Serpente.m4a

Casella - La Donna Serpente
Afternoon on 3, Thursday Opera Matinee

Thursday Opera Matinee: Katie Derham introduces a performance of Casella's rarely heard La Donna Serpente from the Teatro Regio, Turin, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Casella wrote this comic opera between 1928 and 1931 to a libretto by Cesare Vico Ludovici, based upon a 18th century fairy tale by Carlo Gozzi: It sees the fairy princess Miranda turned into a snake, but the mortal she is love with, Altidor, wins her back after defeating three monsters and overcoming a wall of fire.

CAST

Altidòr ..... Piero Pretti (tenor)
Miranda ..... Carmela Remigio (soprano)
Armilla ..... Erika Grimaldi (soprano)
Farzana/La corifea ..... Francesca Sassu (soprano)
Canzade ..... Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano)
Alditrùf ..... Francesco Marsiglia (tenor)
Albrigòr ..... Marco Filippo Romano (baritone)
Pantùl ..... Roberto de Candia (baritone)
Tartagil ..... Fabrizio Paesano (tenor)
Tògrul ..... Fabrizio Beggi (bass)
Demogorgòn ..... Sebastian Catana (baritone)
La fatina Smeraldina ..... Kate Fruchterman (soprano)
Badur/Il corifeo ..... Donato Di Gioia (baritone)
The voice of Geònca ..... Emilio Marcucci (baritone)

The Chorus of Teatro Regio, Turin
The Orchestra of Teatro Regio, Turin
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes


Media Info:-

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