Program

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia

I: "Bella Venezia!"

I: "Nella fatal di Rimini"

I: "Bando a si triste immagini"

I: "Com' è bello!"

I: "Ciel! Che vegg'io?"

I: "Gente appressa"

I: "Maffio Orsini, signora, son io"

II: "Vieni: la mia vendetta"

II: "Addio, Gennaro"

II: "Qui che fai"

II: "Tutto eseguisti?"

II: "Che chiedete?"

II: "Della Duchessa ai prieghi"

III: "Rischiarata è la finestra"

III: "Minacciata è la mia vita"

III: "Stolti! Ei corre alla Negroni"

III: "Viva il Madera!"

III: "Il segreto per esser felici"

III: "La gioia de' profani"

III: "M' odi… ah! M'odi"

Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia

John Pascoe (stage director), Riccardo Frizza (conductor) – With Renée Fleming (Lucrezia Borgia) – San Francisco Opera

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Cast

John Pascoe — Stage director, set and costume design

Jeff Bruckerhoff — Lighting designer

Nicola Luisotti — Music director

Lawrence Pech — Choreographer

Roy Rallo — Assistant stage director

Gerd Mairandres — Make-up artist

Austin Kness — Apostolo Gazella

Ao Li — Ascanio Petrucci

Program notes

Renée Fleming, "America's most-loved and most-lauded opera singer" (The Times, London) returns to the San Francisco Opera, bringing passion and outstanding virtuosity to the title role of Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece, joined on stage by Michael Fabiano, Vitalij Kowaljow and Elizabeth DeShong.

In Gaetano Donizetti’s two act opera, Lucrezia Borgia (libretto by Felice Romani, based on Victor Hugo’s play of the same name), a notorious femme fatale renowned for her ruthless pursuit of power reveals poignant vulnerability when she comes face to face with her long-lost son, Gennaro.

Presented in 2011, this captivating and elegant production from the San Francisco Opera is led by internationally-acclaimed Italian conductor, Riccardo Frizza.

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