Name: Polifemo
Start: 2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: UC San Diego Park & Market

Admin

Opera NEO

Dirigent

Péter Kozma

Regisseur

Daria Zholnerova

Zanger

Bass-baritone

Colin Ramsey

Polifemo

Countertenor

Chuanyuan Liu

Soprano

Ashley Fabian

Galatea

Keith Wehmeier

Ulisse

Mezzo-soprano

Lauren Randolph

Calipso

Nini Marchese

Nerea

Italiaans

San Diego

Verenigde Staten

UC San Diego Park & Market

Polifemo Porpora

Public

Rahul Solomon

Engels

Approved

Porpora: Quel vasto, quel fiero (Polifemo)

Opera Neo presents the American premiere of Nicola Porpora’s Polifemo, performed for the first time outside of Europe.

Nicola Porpora was one of the most brilliant and influential musical figures of the Baroque period. A rival of Handel, and teacher of the great castrato Farinelli, Porpora was a prolific and dramatically gifted composer of opera. We are excited to bring this important work to American audiences for the first time.

Based on Ovid’s Metamorphosis, Polifemo weaves together the stories of Polyphemus, Acis, and Galatea and an episode of Homer’s Odyssey featuring Odysseus, Polyphemus, and Calypso. The opera was composed in London, where Porpora was invited by a group of English noblemen, at the urging of two famous singers, Farinelli and Senesino, (both students of Porpora) to compete with Handel. It was a rarity to hear two superstar castrato singers in the same opera, along with the other renowned performers who appeared in the premiere.

English

Voorstellingscredits (Cast & Productieteam )

Cast