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For the opening night ofOpera we thank Fondazione Carla Fendi
Amelia al ballo is aopera buffa in one act composed from Gian Carlo Menotti in 1936 to his own libretto. L′opera represents Menotti′s first major operatic success. The first performance was held at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on April 1, 1937. It was immediately revived in numerous American and then European theaters. Theopera arrived in Italy on April 4, 1938 at the Teatro Municipale di San Remo.
The action takes place in an unspecified early 20th-century European city. Amelia, a young woman immersed in luxury, longs to attend the first ball of the season. Aided from two maids Amelia is feverishly preparing to go to the ball, but her husband has just discovered that he is being betrayed and wants to know the name of his mistress. In exchange for a promise to go with her to the ball Amelia confesses: the lover is the upstairs tenant. Arguments, threats, and fights ensue between the three characters. Amelia, exasperated and impatient because she wants to go to the dance, ends up knocking her husband unconscious by throwing a vase at him. When the police arrive, Amelia blames the battled lover for the incident and thus succeeds to in pursuing her sole purpose: to go to the ball. It is the gallant and flattered Commissioner who will accompany her.
music and libretto Gian Carlo Menotti
maestro concertatore and conductor Johannes Debus
choirmaster Stefano Cucci
direction Giorgio Ferrara
set design Gianni Quaranta
costumes Maurizio Galante
lighting design to. J. Weissbard
Milan Symphony Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi
New Roman Symphony Opera Chorus
new production Spoleto54 Festival dei 2Mondi
Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.r.l.
Characters and performers:
Amelia Adriana Kucerova
The husband Alfonso Antoniozzi
The lover Sébastien Guèze
Paola´s friend Adriana
Police Commissioner Alessandro Spina
First Waitress Alessia Nadin
Second Waitress Aurhelia Varak
The Choir (Passersby and Tenants)
Policemen Alessandro Ciamarra, Andrea Ragni
A doctor Domenico Viola
Nurses Carlo Borgotti, Riccardo Pattuglia
cover Chiara Pieretti, Dario Ciotoli,
David Giusti
assistant conductor Gabriele Bonolis
assistant director Gianni Santucci
assistant set designer Luciano Ceglia
assistant costume designer Barbara Pala
assistant lighting designer Solomon Weisbard
collaborating master piano player Andrea Del Bianco
master lighting collaborator Sabrina Scaramelli
Master collaborators to the stage Silvia Mendicino, Carla D´Onofrio
master contributor Matthew Aucoin
assistant choir master Michele Reali
production coordination Gaia Scaglione
production assistant Roberta Mori
assistant lighting designer Pamela Cantatore
technical director Ottorino Neri
assistant technical director Daniele Di Battista
technical secretariat Silvia Preda
stage director Cristian Venturini
machinist sector manager Paolo Zappelli
chief engineer Michele Colella
Machinists Enrico Calabresi, Generoso Ciociola, Massimiliano Marotta, Fabio Pibiri
lighting manager Graziano Albertella
chief electrician Roberto Gelmetti
lighting console operator Marcello Lumaca
electricians David Baldoni, Umberto Giorni, Marco Mosca, Luciano Spinazza
sound engineers Luca Starpi
toolmakers Gabriele Donati, Maurizio Salvatori
tailoring manager Chiara Crisolini Malatesta
cutter Ruggero Mazzocchi
seamstresses Claudia Zampolini, Serenella Orti, Giuliana Rossi
head of makeup and hairstyling Roberto Maria Paglialunga
Coop ATMO stagecraft
scenography Technical staff Festival of 2Mondi
Tirelli Costumes s.p.to.
Pompeii 2000 Shoes Ltd
Cine800 Furniture Ltd.
audio-video service Sound Store by Luca Starpi
lights Light is S.r.l. Florence
pianos Angelo Fabbrini
transport GBANG s.r.l.
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