Angelica and Susanna: great little women protagonists of the 2022 inauguration at the Filarmonico
On Sunday 30th January at 3:30 pm the 2022 Fondazione Arena Opera Season opens with two short masterpieces in a single show: Puccini’s intense "Suor Angelica", twenty-two years after its only performances, and, for the first time, the elegant comedy by Wolf-Ferrari "Il Segreto di Susanna"
A new all-female production brings together two rarely performed one-act operas, authentic gems of the early 1900s greatly loved by their respective composers: the new double bill formed by Il Segreto di Susanna and Suor Angelica, on stage from 30th January to 6th February with a new production by Fondazione Arena di Verona.
On this occasion, the new show days and the relative series of 2022 season tickets also debut: as well as the first and last performances, traditionally staged on Sunday afternoons, evening performances will be on Wednesday (at 7 pm) and Friday (at 8 pm).
The two operas’ performers are young, as are the directors, Venice’s Federica Zagatti Wolf-Ferrari (a descendant of the composer) and Rome’s Giorgia Guerra, who direct the two operas, and both use sets designed by Serena Rocco and costumes from Parma’s Teatro Regio designed by Lorena Marin. On the podium will be conductor Gianna Fratta, already applauded on her Verona debut during the 2021 symphonic season.
According to law, access to the shows will be allowed exclusively to spectators holding Covid-19 Green Passes certifying their vaccination or recovery (Super Green Passes or “reinforced” Green Passes). It is also compulsory to wear Ffp2 facemasks in cinemas, theatres, at sports events and on public transport (including local transport).
Il Segreto di Susanna
Intermezzo in one act
Libretto by Enrico Golisciani
Publisher Josef Weinberger, rappresentante per l’Italia Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milan
Music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Conductor Gianna Fratta
Director Federica Zagatti Wolf-Ferrari
Set designer Serena Rocco
Costumer designer Lorena Marin
Costumes of the Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma
Lighting designer Andrea Tocchio
Characters and performers
Count Gil Roberto Moro
Countess Susanna Lavinia Bini
Sante Vittorio Prato
Suor Angelica
Opera in one act
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Publisher Casa Ricordi, Milano
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Gianna Fratta
Director Giorgia Guerra
Set designer Serena Rocco
Costume designer Lorena Marin
Costumes of the Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma
Lighting designer Andrea Tocchio
Characters and performers
Suor Angelica Chiara Isotton (30/01), Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi (02/02, 04/02, 06/02)
Her aunt, the princess Graziella DeBattista
The Abbess Tiziana Realdini*
The Monitor Alessandra Andreetti*
The Mistress of the novices Alice Marini
Suor Genovieffa Rosanna Lo Greco
Suor Osmina Sonia Bianchetti*
Suor Dolcina Jessica Zizioli
The nursing Sister Elisa Fortunati
Two alms Sisters Manuela Schenale*, Grazia Montanari*
Two lay Sisters Emanuela Simonetto*, Mirca Molinari*
A novic Arena di Verona Orchestra, Chorus and Technicians e Cecilia Rizzetto
Orchestra, Coro e Tecnici della Fondazione Arena di Verona
* Members of the Chorus of the Fondazione Arena di Verona ∙ Chorusmaster Ulisse Trabacchin
A new production by Fondazione Arena di Verona
