Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra

New Teatro alla Scala Production in coproduction with Teatro Real, Madrid and San Francisco Opera

Running Time: 02 hours 45 minutes intermission included

Conductor : Riccardo Frizza
Staging : Emilio Sagi
Sets :Daniel Bianco
Costumes : Pepa Ojanguren

CAST

Imogene : Sonya Yoncheva (29 June.; 3, 6, 9, 12, 17 July) ou Roberta Mantegna (14, 19 July)
Gualtiero : Piero Pretti
Ernesto : Nicola Alaimo
Goffredo : Riccardo Fassi
Adele : Marina de Liso

NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE

With Il Pirata, Vincenzo Bellini made his début at La Scala in 1827, setting the scene for a long collaboration with librettist Felice Romani. Dating to 1958, the last staging of Il Pirataat La Scala featured Maria Callas as protagonist. Today, the forbidding part of Imogene is sung by Sonya Yoncheva, no doubt the most acclaimed soprano for this repertoire, under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. The stage direction is estrusted to Emilio Sagi, internationally known for his stagings of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti and for his capacity to actualize the Belcanto repertoire.