Gala Lyrique
Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie

Gala Lyrique

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The Sicilian conductor Francesco Angelico makes his debut at the Opéra de Montpellier with an exceptional operatic programme focused entirely on Italian repertoire. 

A connoisseur of the works of Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Cilea, Leoncavallo and Boito, Francesco Angelico conducts a programme that tells the story of a bright tenor (Oreste Cosimo) in love with the soprano (Yunuet Laguna), who, hélas, is already married to the baritone (Gezim Myshketa). Staged by Franciska Éry, director in residence at the Opéra de Montpellier, expect jealous spats, lovesick arias and other emotional declarations in music, to which the chorus, as an attentive witness to the protagonists’ dilemmas, add their own musical commentary.

CAST

Soprano
Yunuet Laguna
Tenor
Oreste Cosimo
Baritone
Gëzim Myshketa
Actor
Grégory Cartelier
Orchestra
National Montpellier Occitanie Orchestra
Chorus
Opéra national Montpellier Occitanie Chorus
Nice Côte d'Azur Opera Chorus
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Conductor
Francesco Angelico
Stage Director
Franciska Éry
Lights
Mathieu Cabanes
Chorus Masters
Giulio Magnanini
Noëlle Gény
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PROGRAMME

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Nabucco – Gli arredi festivi
Otello – Credo – Ave Maria
Simon Boccanegra – Tu qui Amelia
I lombardi alla prima crociata – La mia letizia infondere
La forza del destino – Pace, pace
Don Carlo – E’ lui desso! L’infante….Dio che nell’alma infondere
I Vespri siciliani – Overture

Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
L’ amico Fritz – Intermezzo

Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
Adriana Lecouvreur – Che tu tremi?

Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919)
Pagliacci – Intermezzo

Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur – Io son l’umile ancella

Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria

Francesco Cilea
Arlesiana – Lamento di Federico

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Tosca – Te Deum

Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
Mefistofele – Chi vien?