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Stage director

Luis Ernesto Doñas

Havana

Cuba

Artist

Luis Ernesto Donas

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Cuban stage and film director, Luis-Ernesto Doñas, has been working at Opera di Roma in the Opera Studio along important stage director such as Graham Vick, Damiano Michieletto, Deborah Warner, Emma Dante, Valentina Carrasco, Barry Kosky, Andrea de Rosa and Fabio Chertich among others. He has also directed his own opera pieces in Cuba and Italy. 

Doñas has presented the following productions:

La Fille du Regiment, at Gran Teatro de La Habana “Alicia Alonso”
Winterreise at Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso 
Alcina, at Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso 
Leggero ma non troppo, at Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso 
Rita, at Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, Italy 
Enea in Caonia, Teatro Torlonia, Rome 
Opera in mostra, Museo Palacio Braschi, Rome 
La fille du regiment 
Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo, Italy (Nov. 2021) 
Acquaprofonda, new opera for young audiences on the pollution of oceans, 
Opera di Roma, (2021) 
The Indian Queen, Postdam Sansoucci Festival (2022) 
Otello (Rossini), Japan Belcanto Festival (2023) 

As assistant he has worked in productions including Aida, The Fiery Angel, Die lustige Witwe, Anna Bolena, Die Zauberfloete, Carmen, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Billy Bud, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, and I Masnadieri.

English

Recording place: Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo
Recording date: November 21st, 2021

Conductor: Michele Spotti 
Orchestra: Orchestra Donizetti Opera
Chorus: Chorus of Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Chorus Master: Salvo Sgrò
Percussions: Ernesto López Maturell
Piano: Alessandro Zilioli
Director: Luis Ernesto Doñas
Director Assistant: Vanessa Codutti 
Set designer: Angelo Sala
Set designer assistant: Denia Gonzalez 
Lights designer: Fiammetta Baldisserri
Lights designer assistant: Emanuele Agliati
Costumes designer: Maykel Martínez 
Choreographer: Laura Domingo
Playwright: Stefano Simone Pintor

Cast:
La Marquise de Berkenfield, Adriana Bignagni Lesca, mezzo-soprano
Sulpice, Paolo Bordogna, baritone
Tonio, John Osborn, tenor
Marie, Sara Blanch, soprano
La Duchesse de Krakenthorp, Cristina Bugatty
Hortensius, Haris Andrianos, baritone
Un caporal, Adolfo Corrado, bass
Un paysan, Andrea Civetta, tenor

Video

Completed

LA FILLE DU REGIMENT

ACQUAPROFONDA

Musica di Giovanni Sollima
Libretto di Giancarlo De Cataldo
Prima rappresentazione assoluta

DIRETTORE Carlo Donadio
REGIA Luis Ernesto Doñas**

SCENE CHIARA LA FERLITA**
COSTUMI ELISA COBELLO**
LUCI CAMILLA PICCIONI

Interpreti 
SERENA AGNIESZKA JADWIGA GROCHALA*
BALENA/MADRE IRENE SAVIGNANO* 
GUARDIANO RODRIGO ORTIZ*
VECCHIO MARINAIO ALESSANDRO DELLA MORTE*
PADRON BU ARTURO ESPINOSA* 

* dal progetto “Fabbrica” Young Artist Program del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 

** diplomato “Fabbrica” Young Artist Program del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 

ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA
con la partecipazione della Schola Cantorum del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

NUOVO ALLESTIMENTO

COMMISSIONE E COPRODUZIONE TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA E ASLICO/TEATRO SOCIALE DI COMO – PROGETTO OPERA DOMANI

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