Francesca da Rimini

Bastille Opera

June 18, 2011, 1:00 pm

Composer: Riccardo Zandonai
Conductor: Daniel Oren

Cast: Svetla Vassilieva ......... Francesca da Rimini
Roberto Alagna ......... Paolo il Bello
George Gagnidze ......... Giovanni lo Sciancato
William Joyner ......... Malatestino
Carol Garcia ......... Adonella
Isabelle Druet ......... Altichiara
Maria Virginia Savastano ......... Biancofiore
Manuela Bisceglie ......... Garsenda

Zandonai, once regarded as the natural successor to Puccini, reached the pinnacle of his career with this intense tale of deadly love, based on a story from Dante's Inferno.

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