Program

Umberto Giordano, Fedora

I. Quattro! Sei!

I. Rigida e assai la sera

I. O grandi occhi lucenti di fede

I. Signora, è qui la slitte del padron

I. Egli mi disse andiamo

I. Son gente risoluta

I. Su questa santa croce

I. Altra volta quell'uomo vedesti

II. Signori, vi presento Lazinski

II. Principessa, ci fate languir

II. La donna russa

II. Il parigino è come il vino

II. Ma dunque, è amore? … Amor ti vieta

II. Se innocente sei davvero

II. Portentoso! Strepitoso!

II. Intermezzo

II. Gretch! I vostri uomini

II. Mia madre, la mia vecchia madre

II. Io mi domando ancora

II. Vedi, io piango

III. Dice la capinera: Vien primavera!

III. Quanto sei bella!

III. E voi più non turbate?

III. Quel truce sgherro

III. La montanina mia

III. Jariskin recò all'Imperatore

III. Boroff… è lui!

III. Tutta tramonta, tutto dilegua

Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Christof Loy (stage director), John Fiore (conductor) — Vida Miknevičiūtė (Fedora), Jonathan Tetelman (Loris), Julia Muzychenko (Olga)

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Cast

Christof Loy — Stage director

Anna Tomson — Scenography

Herbert Murauer — Stage design, costumes

Olaf Winter — Lighting designer

Velourfilm AB — Video

Konstantin Parnian — Dramaturgy

Vida Miknevičiūtė — La Principessa Fedora Romazov

Julia Muzychenko — La Contessa Olga Sukarev

Program notes

The dramatic twists and turns of Giordano's Fedora light up the prestigious stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in a new staging by Christof Loy, starring Lithuanian soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė as the eponymous princess and American tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ipanov! Fedora follows Ipanov from St. Petersburg to Paris, intent on bringing him to justice for the murder of her betrothed Vladimir — but when she discovers Vladimir is the truly guilty party and takes Ipanov as a lover, will it be too late to stop the tragic machine she has set in motion? Though not as widely known as Giordano's Andrea Chénier, this psychodrama is an Italian verismo feast whose 1898 premiere in Milan helped launch the great Enrico Caruso to international fame with arias like "Amor ti vieta." Following widely lauded runs in Stockholm and Frankfurt, Loy's Fedora arrives in Berlin with a cast at the height of its powers and the excellent house orchestra and chorus led by expert opera conductor John Fiore.

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Umberto Giordano