Name: Edgar
Start: 2008-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Regio

Organization

Singer

Tenor

José Cura

Edgar

Rubens Pelizzari

Mezzo-soprano

Amarilli Nizza

Fidelia

Carmen Giannattasio

Julia Gertseva

Tigrana

Giuseppina Piunti

Baritone

Marco Vratogna

Frank

Domenico Balzani

Conductor

Lü Jia

Stage director

Lorenzo Mariani

Set designer

Maurizio Balò

Costume designer

Chorus master

Claudio Marino Moretti

Bass

Carlo Cigni

Gualtiero

Yoram David

Claudio Fenoglio

Teatro Regio di Torino

Orchestra

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Turin

Italy

Teatro Regio

Puccini’s operas are among the most beloved and best-known works in the classical repertoire, but Edgar may be unknown even to aficionados, at least as it is presented here. This original four-act version of Edgar, first performed in 1889, was believed lost for over a century when Puccini’s granddaughter Simonetta discovered the score fully intact in 2008. In addition to the third act’s funeral music, which Arturo Toscanini conducted at Puccini’s funeral in 1924, listeners may recognize the duet from the now-restored fourth act, cut by Puccini in subsequent revisions of the work: it bears more than a passing similarity to the third-act duet in Tosca.

For the first performance of the original score since the nineteenth century, accomplished Argentine tenor José Cura steps into the title role, a man torn between his love for virtuous Fidelia (soprano Amarilli Nizza), and his carnal lust for debauched courtesan Tigrana (one of the few mezzo roles Puccini wrote, sung here by Julia Gertseva). If the intrigue seems slightly unoriginal, the talented cast elevates the material, and Lorenzo Mariani’s rich staging transposes the action from the medieval age to Risorgimento Italy, the milieu in which the opera was born.

Edgar Puccini

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Edgar by Puccini, From (2008/2008), Directed by Lorenzo Mariani,, Conductor Lü Jia, Yoram David, Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues