Program

Gioachino Rossini, La gazza ladra

Overture

I.1 : "Oh che giorno fortunato"

I.1 : "Marmotte, che fate?"

I.1 : "La seduto"

I.2 : "Cavatina: Di piacer mi balza il cor"

I.3 : "Stringhe e ferri da calzette"

I.4 : "Chorus and Cavatina: Ma qual suono!"

I.5 : "Brindisi: Tocchiamo, beviamo"

I.6 : "Recitative and Duet: Ieri, sul tramontar del sole"

I.6 : "Come frenare il pianto!"

I.7 : "Cavatina: Il mio piano e preparato"

I.9 : "Scene and Terzet: M'affretto di mandarvi"

I.9 : "Siamo soli"

I.9 : "Non so quel che farei"

I.10 : "Recitative: Stringhe e ferri "

I.14 : "In casa di Messere"

I.15 : "Isacco chiamaste"

I.16 : " In prigione costei sia condotta"

II.1 : "Recitative: In quell'orrendo carere"

II.3 : "Duet: Forse un di conoscerete"

II.4 : "O mio signor, partite"

II.5 : " Aria: Si, per voi, pupille amate"

II.7 : "A mio nome, deh, consegna"

II.8 : "Accusata di furto…"

II.9 : "Recitative, Chorus and Quintet: A pieni voti e condannata"

II.9 : "Tremate, o popoli"

II.10 : "Ahi qual colpo!"

II.11 : "Ah, no! Fermate!"

II.11 : "Che abisso di pene!"

II.11 : " Sino il pianto"

II.13 : "Aria: A questo seno"

II.15 : "Infelice, sventurata"

II.15 : "Or guidatemi alla morte"

II.16 : "Giorgio, Giorgio! O me felice!"

II.18 : "Queste grida di letizia"

II.18 : "Ecco cessato il vento"

Rossini's La gazza ladra

Tobias Kratzer (stage director), Antonio Fogliani (conductor) — With Fabio Capitanucci (Fabrizio Vingradito), Marina de Liso (Lucia), Maxim Mironov (Giannetto)...

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Cast

Tobias Kratzer — Stage director

Rainer Sellmaier — Costume designer, stage design

Michael Bauer — Lighting designer

Manuel Braun — Video designer

Fabio Capitanucci — Fabrizio Vingradito

Marina de Liso — Lucia

Maxim Mironov — Giannetto

Nino Machaidze — Ninetta

Program notes

A silver spoon goes missing, and the fortunes of a young servant girl are forever altered… Rossini’s La gazza ladra blends comedy and drama in the tale of a simple theft that triggers a fateful chain of events, at the end of which the wrongly accused Ninetta finds herself sentenced to death amid a climate of paranoia and unchecked power.

Written in 1817, this opera semi-seria, whose overture is famous for its drumrolls and one of the most recognizable solos in the oboe repertoire, explores the excesses of a society in crisis. Tobias Kratzer, a stage director renowned throughout Europe, makes his debut in Vienna and sets the story in a context of deep social unrest, where the very idea of a happy ending seems uncertain. The soprano Nino Machaidze proves why she is considered one of the best of her generation; her intense and masterful Ninetta, played with a “steely, defiant edge” (Opera Today), is a standout among a uniformly exceptional cast.

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