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Home > The Season > Operas and Ballets > Genoveva |
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14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 November 2006
Robert Schumann
Genoveva
This production has been generously sponsored by the Fondazione Banco di Sicilia
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Conductor
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Gabriele Ferro
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Producer
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Daniele Abbado
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Scenes Designer
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Graziano Gregori
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Costumes Designer
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Carla Teti
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Chorus Master
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Paolo Vero
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Coreographer
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Giovanni Di Cicco
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Lighting Designer
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Bruno Ciulli
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Hidulfus
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Ned Barth (14, 16, 17 e 19)
Thomas Gazheli (15 e 18)
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Siegfried
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Peter Weber (14, 16, 17 e 19)
Davide Damiani (15 e 18)
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Genoveva
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Martina Serafin (14, 16, 17 e 19)
Lisa Houben (15 e 18)
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Golo
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Herbert Lippert (14, 16, 17 e 19)
Andreas Wagner (15 e 18)
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Margaretha
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Katja Lytting (14, 16, 17 e 19)
Monica Minarelli (15 e 18)
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Drago
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Alessandro Guerzoni (14, 16 e 19)
Juri Batukov (15, 17 e 18)
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Caspar
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Giovanni Bellavia (14, 15, 16, 17, 18 e 19)
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Angelo
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Roberto Finocchio (14, 15, 16, 17, 18 e 19)
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Conrad
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Alessio Barone (14, 15, 16, 17, 18 e 19)
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Teatro Massimo Orchestra and Chorus
A new production by the Teatro Massimo
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Tuesday 14 November, at 8.30 pm
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season premiere
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Wednesday 15 November, at 6.30 pm
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s1
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Thursday 16 November, at 6.30 pm
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b
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Friday 17 November, at 6.30 pm
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c
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Saturday 18 November, at 8.30 pm
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f
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Sunday 19 November, at 5.30 pm
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Synopsis
Genoveva is based on the story of Genevieve of Brabant, a medieval legend set in the 8th century that is reputedly based on the 13th century life of Marie of Brabant, wife of Louis ii, Duke of Bavaria. The story gained in popularity during the first half of the 17th century, primarily in Germany through various theatrical settings. Two of the settings from this period, Ludwig Tieck’s play Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva (Life and Death of Saint Genoveva) and Friedrich Hebbel’s play Genoveva, served as the basis for the opera’s libretto. The plot of the opera has several similarities with Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin, which was composed during the same period as Schumann was writing Genoveva. The opera begins with Hidulfus, Bishop of Trier, summoning Brabant’s Christian knights to join Charles Martel’s crusade against a feared Saracen conquest of Europe. Siegfried, Count of Brabante, answers the call. In preparing to leave for war, he entrusts his wife, Genoveva, to his young servant, Golo. Despite Golo’s overwhelming desire for her, Genoveva persistently rejects his advances. Infuriated by these rejections, Golo seeks revenge against Genoveva by staging a trap to discredit her. One night, Golo sneaks Drago, an old steward, into Genoveva’s bedroom to fake an adulterous affair that is then witnessed by other servants, brought to the Set Designer by Golo. Word of this imagined infidelity gets back to Siegfried, who then commands Golo to put Genoveva to death. As two armed men are dispatched to kill Genoveva, her life is saved through the intervention of a mute, deaf boy. Siegfried then discovers Golo’s treachery and restores his wife’s honor.
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