Organization

Conductor

James Lowe

Stage director

Michael Capasso

Set designer

John Farrell

Costume designer

Ildikó Debreczeni

Singer

D' Marreon Alexander

Man I

Baritone

Robert Balonek

Ernesto

Soprano

Rachel Blaustein

Micòl Finzi-Contini

Anthony Ciaramitaro

Giorgio

Matt Ciuffitelli

Giampi Malnate

Peter Kendall Clark

Professor Ermanno

Dani Goldstein

Woman 1

Tenor

Spencer Hamlin

City Councilman Movie Theatre Usher

Mezzo-soprano

Kristee Haney

Signora Regina/Sophia

Rebeca Hargrove

Aunt Bella

Sarah Heltzel

Olga Finzi-Contini

Adam Klein

Perotti

Meredith Krinke

Young Micòl

Melanie Long

Gisella

Brian James Myer

Alberto Finzi-Contini

Violet Paris

Mary Phillips

Mama

Franco Pomponi

Papà

Gabe Ponichter

Young Giorgio

Tim Roller

Man 2

Sami Sallaway

Woman 2

Drew Seigla

Uncle Arturo

Markos Simpoulos

Merchants

Rachel Zatcoff

Adriana

Tatev Baroyan

Jeremy Brauner

Makeup artist

Loryn Pretorius

Hairstylist

Lighting designer

Susan Roth

Video designer

Choreographer

Richard Stafford

Pianist

Dmitry Glivinskiy

Rabbi

Tennis Club Proprietor

Rebecca Hargrove

Cristina

Signorina Cohen

Mussolini

Uncle Federico

Cousin

Cantor

Markos Simopoulos

Bank Teller Librarian

Bruno Lattes

Adam Cioffari

Jewish Congregants

Rosy Anoush Svazlian

Lidia

Fascisti

Michael Boley

Cover

Kate Fruchterman

John Robert Green

Dimitrie Lazich

Elissa Pfaender

New York City Opera

Orchestra

New York City Opera Orchestra

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

English

Yiddish

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

New York City

United States

Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

National Yiddish Theatre

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Gordon,RI

Public

Private

Russian

Approved

NEW YORK CITY OPERA’s, PRODUCTION OF RICKY IAN GORDON’S, “THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS”,

Libretto by MICHAEL KORIE, Based on the novel by GIORGIO BASSANI.

Production Concept by RICHARD STAFFORD. Directed by MICHAEL CAPASSO and RICHARD STAFFORD.

A co-production with NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FOLKSBIENE

From January 27 to February 6, 2022

Director Of Production

Based on Giorgio Bassani’s 1962 novel, (considered a modern classic which is also the basis for Vittorio De Sica’s 1970 film adaptation starring Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger – a 1972 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film), THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS is set on the eve of World War II and tells the story of an aristocratic Italian-Jewish family, the Finzi-Continis, who believe they will be immune to the changes happening around them. As they make a gracious haven for themselves in their garden, walling out the unpleasantness of the world outside, Italy forms its alliance with Germany and begins to enforce anti-Semitic racial laws. But the Finzi-Continis discover too late that no one is immune, no one is untouchable.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer