Name: Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
Start: 2022-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cadogan Hall

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Anush Hovhannisyan

Leonora

Tenor

Peter Auty

Riccardo

Mezzo-soprano

Carolyn Dobbin

Cuniza

Conductor

Matthew Scott Rogers

Bass

Stephan Loges

Oberto

Others

Chelsea Opera Group Chorus

Orchestra

Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra

Cadogan Hall

Italian

Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio

London

United Kingdom

Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio Verdi

Public

English

Approved

Here is where it all began. Verdi’s first staged opera set in place so many of the themes that would define his future output: infidelity, confrontations, a flawed but loving father, and an overarching sense of political weight to the drama.

Oberto’s daughter Leonora has been seduced and abandoned by one of his enemies, Riccardo, and their attempt to disrupt the wedding to his new betrothed Cuniza eventually leads to a fatal duel. Drawing on tragic models by predecessors such as Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Verdi was nonetheless already forging a distinct voice of his own.

Now a rarity on the stage, we are delighted to be joined by an outstanding cast including Anush Hovhannisyan and Carolyn Dobbin as Riccardo’s two lovers, and Matthew Scott Rogers at the helm.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble