Opera seasons 2008
Torre del Lago - Nuovo Teatro Puccini
All performances start at 9.15 pm
- 11th, 19th, 25th July - 3rd, 10th, 23rd August
Opera: Turandot
Festival Pucciniano production
Production by Maurizio Scaparro
Scenery by Ezio Frigerio
Costumes by Franca Squarciapino
Conductor Alberto Veronesi (11th, 25th July – 3rd, 10th August);
Giuseppe Acquaviva (19th July, 23rd August)
Cast
Turandot Francesca Patanè (11th, 19th, 25th July; 3rd August);
Alessandra Marc (10th, 23rd August);
Calaf Francesco Hong
Liù Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi
Timur Dejan Vatchkov
Ping Massimiliano Valleggi
Pong Emanuele Giannino
Pang Giorgio Berrugi
- 12th, 18th, 27th July - 8th, 22nd August
Opera: Tosca
Fondazione Festival Pucciniano production
Production by Mario Corradi
Scenery and costumes by Igor Mitoraj
Conductor Yoel Levi (12th, 18th, 27th July);
Cem Mansur (8th, 22nd August)
Cast
Tosca Daniela Dessi (12th, 18th July);
Hui He (27th July; 8th, 22nd August);
Mario Cavaradossi Fabio Armiliato (12th, 18th, July);
Badri Maisuradze (27th July; 8th, 22nd August);
Barone Scarpia Giorgio Surian
Director of chorus Festival Puccini Stefano Visconti
- 20th, 26th July – 2nd, 17th August
Opera: Madama Butterfly
Fondazione Festival Pucciniano production
Production by Stefano Vizioli
Scenery and costumes by Ugo Nespolo
Conductor Julian Reynolds (20th, 26th July - 2nd August)
Salvatore Percacciolo (17th August)
Cast
Cio Cio SanSvetla Vassileva ( 20, 26 luglio;2 agosto );
Elmira Veda (17 agosto );
Suzuki Mariella Guarnera
Generale Pinkerton Massimiliano Pisapia ( 20, 26 luglio);
Fabio Sartori (2 agosto, 17agosto)
Console Sharpless Alessandro Corbelli ( 20, 26 luglio);
Marzio Giossi (2 agosto, 17agosto)
Director of chorus Festival Puccini Stefano Visconti
- 9th, 16th August
Opera: Edgar
Fondazione Festival Pucciniano production
Production by Vivien A. Hewitt
Scenery by Roger Dean
Costumes by Freyja Dean
Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi
Director of chorus Festival Puccini Stefano Visconti
Cast
Edgar Marco Berti
Fidelia Cristina Gallardo- Domas
Tigrana Rossana Rinaldi
Frank Luca Salsi
Gualtiero Rafal Siwek
Lucca - Teatro del Giglio
- 5th, 7th January (8.30 pm)
Opera: La Bohème
Teatro del Giglio production
Conductor Marzio Conti
Production by Aldo Tarabella
Scenery and costumes by Luca Antonucci
Light design Marco Minghetti
Director of chorus Marco Bargagna
Director of Treble voice chorus Sara Matteucci
Orchestra e Coro per la Lirica Toscana
Treble voice chorus of the Chapel of Santa Cecilia in Lucca
Cast
Mimì Serena Farnocchia
Musetta Rosanna Savoia
Rodolfo Salvatore Cordella
Marcello Mario Cassi
Schaunard Alessandro Battiato
Colline Paolo Pecchioli
Parpignol Antonio Pannunzio
Alcindoro Alessandro Calamai
Sergeant of Customs Massimiliano Galli
- 9th (9 pm) and 11th (9 pm) May
Opera: Le Villi
Associazione Musicale Lucchese production – Teatro del Giglio
Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi – dance opera in two acts
with libretto by Ferdinando Fontana
Conductor Herbert Handt
Production by Mirco Rocchi
Coro Polifonica Lucchese, Conductor Egisto Matteucci
Kaos-Balletto Firenze
Preludio Sinfonico Fortunato Magi
Wally – Preludio, act IV Alfredo Catalani
Loreley: Danza delle Ondine
Orchestra for Puccini Celebrations
Cast
Anna Maria Chiara Pizzoli
Roberto Antonello Palombi
Guglielmo Gabriele Spina
- 19th (8.30 pm) and 21st (4 pm) September
Opera: La Rondine
Teatro del Giglio production
Conductor Giuliano Carella
Production by Gino Zampieri
Scenery and costumes by Rosanna Monti
Director of chorus Marco Bargagna
- 21st (8.30 pm), 22nd (8.30 pm), 23rd (4 pm) November
Opera: Manon Lescaut
Teatro del Giglio production
Conductor Elio Boncompagni
Production by Lutz Hochstraate
Scenery and costumes by Carlo Tommasi
Director of chorus Marco Bargagna
